#4E2E96#4E2E96

#4E2E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.160 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E96
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 150)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 69.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 39.76, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 65.49, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.0594 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.16 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6224, 5.7754, 29.4560)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E96 #76962E

analogous

#2E4296 #4E2E96 #822E96

triadic

#4E2E96 #964E2E #2E964E

tetradic

#4E2E96 #962E42 #76962E #2E9682

square

#4E2E96 #962E42 #76962E #2E9682

split-complementary

#4E2E96 #96822E #42962E

monochromatic

#1D1138 #362067 #4E2E96 #673EC4 #8C6CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4E2E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E2E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E96

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E96	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.160 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669b6',
    500: '#4e2e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e96;
$custom-light: #8669b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4039,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E96

secondary

#A0B967

accent

#DC4BB0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E96

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