#4E2B98#4E2B98

#4E2B98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.167 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B98
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 152)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 41.98, -53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 68.36, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.062 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.167 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6717, 5.6141, 30.2737)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B98 #75982B

analogous

#2B3E98 #4E2B98 #842B98

triadic

#4E2B98 #984E2B #2B984E

tetradic

#4E2B98 #982B3E #75982B #2B9884

square

#4E2B98 #982B3E #75982B #2B9884

split-complementary

#4E2B98 #98842B #3E982B

monochromatic

#1D1039 #361E68 #4E2B98 #6739C7 #8B69D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4E2B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E2B98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B98

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B98	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.167 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b7',
    500: '#4e2b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b98;
$custom-light: #8767b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.266,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40142,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B98

secondary

#9FBB64

accent

#DF49AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B98

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

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