#4E2E93#4E2E93

#4E2E93 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.157 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E93
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 147)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 68.7%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 38.89, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 63.82, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0598 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.157 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3839, 5.6800, 28.2000)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E93 #73932E

analogous

#2E4093 #4E2E93 #802E93

triadic

#4E2E93 #934E2E #2E934E

tetradic

#4E2E93 #932E40 #73932E #2E9380

square

#4E2E93 #932E40 #73932E #2E9380

split-complementary

#4E2E93 #93802E #40932E

monochromatic

#1D1136 #351F64 #4E2E93 #673DC2 #8B6BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E2E93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E2E93 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E93

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E93	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004191

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.157 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669b3',
    500: '#4e2e93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e93;
$custom-light: #8669b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.01,
    "s": 52.332,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40135,
    "c": 0.15673,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E93

secondary

#9EB865

accent

#DC4CAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E93

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

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