#4E2E94#4E2E94

#4E2E94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.158 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E94
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 148)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 39.18, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 64.38, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% 0.0597 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.158 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4627, 5.7115, 28.6151)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E94 #74942E

analogous

#2E4194 #4E2E94 #812E94

triadic

#4E2E94 #944E2E #2E944E

tetradic

#4E2E94 #942E41 #74942E #2E9481

square

#4E2E94 #942E41 #74942E #2E9481

split-complementary

#4E2E94 #94812E #41942E

monochromatic

#1D1137 #351F65 #4E2E94 #673DC3 #8B6BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E2E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E2E94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E94

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E94	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.158 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669b4',
    500: '#4e2e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e94;
$custom-light: #8669b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.824,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40219,
    "c": 0.15798,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E94

secondary

#9EB866

accent

#DC4CAF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E94

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

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