#4E2F91#4E2F91

#4E2F91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.153 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F91
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 145)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 67.6%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 37.75, -49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 62.09, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.059 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.153 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2678, 5.6968, 27.3939)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F91 #72912F

analogous

#2F4191 #4E2F91 #7F2F91

triadic

#4E2F91 #914E2F #2F914E

tetradic

#4E2F91 #912F41 #72912F #2F917F

square

#4E2F91 #912F41 #72912F #2F917F

split-complementary

#4E2F91 #917F2F #41912F

monochromatic

#1C1135 #352063 #4E2F91 #673EBF #8B6BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#4E2F91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E2F91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F91

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F91	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.153 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ab2',
    500: '#4e2f91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f91;
$custom-light: #866ab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.98,
    "s": 51.042,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40115,
    "c": 0.15289,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F91

secondary

#9DB665

accent

#DB4DAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F91

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