#4E2E89#4E2E89

#4E2E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.144 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E89
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, 36.01, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 58.20, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% 0.0611 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.144 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6330, 5.3796, 24.2456)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E89 #69892E

analogous

#2E3B89 #4E2E89 #7B2E89

triadic

#4E2E89 #894E2E #2E894E

tetradic

#4E2E89 #892E3B #69892E #2E897B

square

#4E2E89 #892E3B #69892E #2E897B

split-complementary

#4E2E89 #897B2E #3B892E

monochromatic

#1A0F2D #341F5B #4E2E89 #683DB7 #8A66CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4E2E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E2E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E89

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E89	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.144 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569ac',
    500: '#4e2e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e89;
$custom-light: #8569ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.099,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39307,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E89

secondary

#96B260

accent

#D94FA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E89

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

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