#4E2B95#4E2B95

#4E2B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.163 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B95
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 149)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.16, 41.12, -52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.16, 66.71, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.0626 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.163 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4291, 5.5171, 28.9960)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B95 #72952B

analogous

#2B3D95 #4E2B95 #832B95

triadic

#4E2B95 #954E2B #2B954E

tetradic

#4E2B95 #952B3D #72952B #2B9583

square

#4E2B95 #952B3D #72952B #2B9583

split-complementary

#4E2B95 #95832B #3D952B

monochromatic

#1C1036 #351D66 #4E2B95 #6739C4 #8B67D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4E2B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E2B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B95

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B95	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.163 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667b5',
    500: '#4e2b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b95;
$custom-light: #8667b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.811,
    "s": 55.208,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39879,
    "c": 0.16301,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B95

secondary

#9DBA62

accent

#DF49AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B95

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

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