#4E2D95#4E2D95

#4E2D95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.161 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D95
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 149)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 69.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, 40.03, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 65.54, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0606 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.161 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5036, 5.6661, 29.0209)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D95 #74952D

analogous

#2D4095 #4E2D95 #822D95

triadic

#4E2D95 #954E2D #2D954E

tetradic

#4E2D95 #952D40 #74952D #2D9582

square

#4E2D95 #952D40 #74952D #2D9582

split-complementary

#4E2D95 #95822D #40952D

monochromatic

#1D1137 #351F66 #4E2D95 #673BC4 #8B6AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4E2D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E2D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D95

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D95	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.161 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668b5',
    500: '#4e2d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d95;
$custom-light: #8668b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.038,
    "s": 53.608,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4016,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D95

secondary

#9EB965

accent

#DD4BAF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D95

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

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