#4E2D91#4E2D91

#4E2D91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.156 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D91
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 145)
HSL	hsl(260, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 69%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 69%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 38.87, -49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 63.31, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% 0.0612 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.156 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1897, 5.5405, 27.3678)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D91 #70912D

analogous

#2D3E91 #4E2D91 #802D91

triadic

#4E2D91 #914E2D #2D914E

tetradic

#4E2D91 #912D3E #70912D #2D9180

square

#4E2D91 #912D3E #70912D #2D9180

split-complementary

#4E2D91 #91802D #3E912D

monochromatic

#1C1034 #351F62 #4E2D91 #673BC0 #8B68D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E2D91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E2D91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D91

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D91	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.156 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668b2',
    500: '#4e2d91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d91;
$custom-light: #8668b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.8,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39819,
    "c": 0.15555,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D91

secondary

#9BB763

accent

#DC4CAC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D91

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

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