#4E2C98#4E2C98

#4E2C98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.165 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C98
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 152)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 71.1%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 41.44, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 67.78, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.061 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.165 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7085, 5.6877, 30.2860)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C98 #76982C

analogous

#2C4098 #4E2C98 #842C98

triadic

#4E2C98 #984E2C #2C984E

tetradic

#4E2C98 #982C40 #76982C #2C9884

square

#4E2C98 #982C40 #76982C #2C9884

split-complementary

#4E2C98 #98842C #40982C

monochromatic

#1D1139 #361E69 #4E2C98 #673BC6 #8C6AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#4E2C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E2C98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C98

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C98	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.165 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b7',
    500: '#4e2c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c98;
$custom-light: #8768b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4028,
    "c": 0.16543,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C98

secondary

#A0BB65

accent

#DE49B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C98

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

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