#4E2C95#4E2C95

#4E2C95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.162 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C95
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 149)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 40.58, -52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 66.13, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0616 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.162 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4659, 5.5907, 29.0083)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C95 #73952C

analogous

#2C3E95 #4E2C95 #832C95

triadic

#4E2C95 #954E2C #2C954E

tetradic

#4E2C95 #952C3E #73952C #2C9583

square

#4E2C95 #952C3E #73952C #2C9583

split-complementary

#4E2C95 #95832C #3E952C

monochromatic

#1D1037 #351E66 #4E2C95 #673AC4 #8B69D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4E2C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E2C95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C95

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C95	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.162 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668b5',
    500: '#4e2c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c95;
$custom-light: #8668b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.429,
    "s": 54.404,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40018,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C95

secondary

#9EB964

accent

#DE4AAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C95

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

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