#4E2A97#4E2A97

#4E2A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.167 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A97
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.14, 42.22, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.14, 68.39, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0632 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.167 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5542, 5.5097, 29.8322)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A97 #73972A

analogous

#2A3C97 #4E2A97 #852A97

triadic

#4E2A97 #974E2A #2A974E

tetradic

#4E2A97 #972A3C #73972A #2A9785

square

#4E2A97 #972A3C #73972A #2A9785

split-complementary

#4E2A97 #97852A #3C972A

monochromatic

#1D0F37 #351D67 #4E2A97 #6737C7 #8B67D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#4E2A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E2A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A97

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A97	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.167 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b6',
    500: '#4e2a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a97;
$custom-light: #8767b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.817,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39918,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A97

secondary

#9EBB62

accent

#E048AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A97

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

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