#4E2B91#4E2B91

#4E2B91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.158 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B91
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 145)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 70.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.82, 39.98, -50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.82, 64.51, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.53% 0.0633 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(39.53% 0.158 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1152, 5.3915, 27.3430)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B91 #6E912B

analogous

#2B3B91 #4E2B91 #812B91

triadic

#4E2B91 #914E2B #2B914E

tetradic

#4E2B91 #912B3B #6E912B #2B9181

square

#4E2B91 #912B3B #6E912B #2B9181

split-complementary

#4E2B91 #91812B #3B912B

monochromatic

#1B0F33 #351D62 #4E2B91 #6739C0 #8A65D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#4E2B91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E2B91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B91

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B91	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.158 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667b2',
    500: '#4e2b91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b91;
$custom-light: #8667b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.588,
    "s": 54.255,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39533,
    "c": 0.15813,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B91

secondary

#9AB860

accent

#DE4AAB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B91

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

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