#4E2F97#4E2F97

#4E2F97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.160 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F97
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 151)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.12, 39.50, -52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.12, 65.45, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0582 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.16 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7427, 5.8867, 29.8951)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F97 #78972F

analogous

#2F4497 #4E2F97 #822F97

triadic

#4E2F97 #974E2F #2F974E

tetradic

#4E2F97 #972F44 #78972F #2F9782

square

#4E2F97 #972F44 #78972F #2F9782

split-complementary

#4E2F97 #97822F #44972F

monochromatic

#1E123A #362068 #4E2F97 #6740C3 #8C6ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4E2F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E2F97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F97

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F97	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.160 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ab6',
    500: '#4e2f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f97;
$custom-light: #866ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.885,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40621,
    "c": 0.16043,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F97

secondary

#A1B968

accent

#DC4CB1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F97

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

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