#4E2E91#4E2E91

#4E2E91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.154 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E91
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 145)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 68.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 38.31, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 62.71, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0601 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.154 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2283, 5.6177, 27.3807)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E91 #71912E

analogous

#2E4091 #4E2E91 #7F2E91

triadic

#4E2E91 #914E2E #2E914E

tetradic

#4E2E91 #912E40 #71912E #2E917F

square

#4E2E91 #912E40 #71912E #2E917F

split-complementary

#4E2E91 #917F2E #40912E

monochromatic

#1C1134 #351F63 #4E2E91 #673DBF #8B6AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4E2E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E2E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E91

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E91	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.154 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669b2',
    500: '#4e2e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e91;
$custom-light: #8669b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.394,
    "s": 51.832,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39966,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E91

secondary

#9CB764

accent

#DB4DAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E91

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

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