#4E2A98#4E2A98

#4E2A98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.168 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A98
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 152)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 42.51, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 68.93, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% 0.0629 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.168 292)
XYZ	xyz(9.6358, 5.5423, 30.2617)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A98 #74982A

analogous

#2A3D98 #4E2A98 #852A98

triadic

#4E2A98 #984E2A #2A984E

tetradic

#4E2A98 #982A3D #74982A #2A9885

square

#4E2A98 #982A3D #74982A #2A9885

split-complementary

#4E2A98 #98852A #3D982A

monochromatic

#1D1038 #351D68 #4E2A98 #6737C8 #8B67D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E2A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E2A98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A98

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A98	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.168 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b7',
    500: '#4e2a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a98;
$custom-light: #8767b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.636,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40007,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.05543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A98

secondary

#9EBB62

accent

#E048AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A98

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