#4E2B96#4E2B96

#4E2B96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.164 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B96
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 150)
HSL	hsl(260, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 71.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 41.40, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 67.26, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0624 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.164 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5092, 5.5491, 29.4183)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B96 #73962B

analogous

#2B3E96 #4E2B96 #832B96

triadic

#4E2B96 #964E2B #2B964E

tetradic

#4E2B96 #962B3E #73962B #2B9683

square

#4E2B96 #962B3E #73962B #2B9683

split-complementary

#4E2B96 #96832B #3E962B

monochromatic

#1D1037 #351D66 #4E2B96 #6739C6 #8B68D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4E2B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E2B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B96

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B96	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.164 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667b6',
    500: '#4e2b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b96;
$custom-light: #8667b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.626,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39966,
    "c": 0.16423,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B96

secondary

#9EBA63

accent

#DF49AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B96

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

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