#4E2F96#4E2F96

#4E2F96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.159 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F96
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 150)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 68.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 39.20, -51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 64.89, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0583 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.159 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6619, 5.8544, 29.4692)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F96 #77962F

analogous

#2F4396 #4E2F96 #812F96

triadic

#4E2F96 #964E2F #2F964E

tetradic

#4E2F96 #962F43 #77962F #2F9681

square

#4E2F96 #962F43 #77962F #2F9681

split-complementary

#4E2F96 #96812F #43962F

monochromatic

#1E1239 #362067 #4E2F96 #673FC3 #8C6ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4E2F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E2F96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F96

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F96	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	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: #4e2f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.159 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ab6',
    500: '#4e2f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f96;
$custom-light: #866ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.058,
    "s": 52.284,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40536,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F96

secondary

#A1B968

accent

#DC4CB0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F96

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