#4E2A96#4E2A96

#4E2A96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.165 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A96
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 150)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 72%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 41.94, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 67.84, 308.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.0634 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.165 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4733, 5.4773, 29.4063)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A96 #72962A

analogous

#2A3C96 #4E2A96 #842A96

triadic

#4E2A96 #964E2A #2A964E

tetradic

#4E2A96 #962A3C #72962A #2A9684

square

#4E2A96 #962A3C #72962A #2A9684

split-complementary

#4E2A96 #96842A #3C962A

monochromatic

#1C0F36 #351D66 #4E2A96 #6737C6 #8B66D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#4E2A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E2A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A96

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A96	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.165 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b6',
    500: '#4e2a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a96;
$custom-light: #8767b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3983,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A96

secondary

#9DBA61

accent

#E048AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A96

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