#4E2E98#4E2E98

#4E2E98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.163 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E98
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 152)
HSL	hsl(258, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.01, 40.35, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.01, 66.60, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.059 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.163 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7848, 5.8403, 30.3114)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E98 #78982E

analogous

#2E4398 #4E2E98 #832E98

triadic

#4E2E98 #984E2E #2E984E

tetradic

#4E2E98 #982E43 #78982E #2E9883

square

#4E2E98 #982E43 #78982E #2E9883

split-complementary

#4E2E98 #98832E #43982E

monochromatic

#1E123A #362069 #4E2E98 #673EC5 #8C6DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4E2E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E2E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E98

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E98	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.163 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b7',
    500: '#4e2e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e98;
$custom-light: #8769b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.113,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40562,
    "c": 0.16294,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E98

secondary

#A1BA68

accent

#DD4BB1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E98

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

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