#4E2D96#4E2D96

#4E2D96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.162 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D96
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 150)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 70%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, 40.32, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 66.09, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% 0.0604 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.162 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5838, 5.6981, 29.4431)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D96 #75962D

analogous

#2D4096 #4E2D96 #822D96

triadic

#4E2D96 #964E2D #2D964E

tetradic

#4E2D96 #962D40 #75962D #2D9682

square

#4E2D96 #962D40 #75962D #2D9682

split-complementary

#4E2D96 #96822D #40962D

monochromatic

#1D1138 #361F67 #4E2D96 #673CC4 #8B6BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#4E2D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E2D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D96

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D96	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.162 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668b6',
    500: '#4e2d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d96;
$custom-light: #8668b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40246,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D96

secondary

#9FB965

accent

#DD4BAF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D96

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