#4E2D94#4E2D94

#4E2D94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.159 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D94
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 148)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 69.6%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 39.74, -51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 64.98, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0607 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.159 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4241, 5.6343, 28.6022)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D94 #73942D

analogous

#2D4094 #4E2D94 #812D94

triadic

#4E2D94 #944E2D #2D944E

tetradic

#4E2D94 #942D40 #73942D #2D9481

square

#4E2D94 #942D40 #73942D #2D9481

split-complementary

#4E2D94 #94812D #40942D

monochromatic

#1D1036 #351F65 #4E2D94 #673BC3 #8B6AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4E2D94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E2D94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D94

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D94	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.159 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668b4',
    500: '#4e2d94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d94;
$custom-light: #8668b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.223,
    "s": 53.368,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40074,
    "c": 0.15927,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D94

secondary

#9EB864

accent

#DD4BAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D94

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

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