#4E2A95#4E2A95

#4E2A95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.164 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A95
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 149)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.97, 41.65, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.97, 67.29, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% 0.0636 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.164 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3932, 5.4452, 28.9841)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A95 #71952A

analogous

#2A3B95 #4E2A95 #842A95

triadic

#4E2A95 #954E2A #2A954E

tetradic

#4E2A95 #952A3B #71952A #2A9584

square

#4E2A95 #952A3B #71952A #2A9584

split-complementary

#4E2A95 #95842A #3B952A

monochromatic

#1C0F36 #351D65 #4E2A95 #6737C5 #8B66D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#4E2A95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E2A95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A95

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A95	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.164 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667b5',
    500: '#4e2a95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a95;
$custom-light: #8667b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.187,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39742,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A95

secondary

#9CBA61

accent

#DF48AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A95

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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