#4E2E97#4E2E97

#4E2E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.162 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E97
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 151)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 69.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 40.05, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 66.05, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0592 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.162 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7032, 5.8077, 29.8819)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E97 #77972E

analogous

#2E4297 #4E2E97 #822E97

triadic

#4E2E97 #974E2E #2E974E

tetradic

#4E2E97 #972E42 #77972E #2E9782

square

#4E2E97 #972E42 #77972E #2E9782

split-complementary

#4E2E97 #97822E #42972E

monochromatic

#1E1139 #362068 #4E2E97 #673EC4 #8C6DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4E2E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E2E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E97

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E97	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.162 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669b6',
    500: '#4e2e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e97;
$custom-light: #8669b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.286,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40476,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E97

secondary

#A1BA67

accent

#DD4BB0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E97

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

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