#4E2499#4E2499

#4E2499 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.176 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2499
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 153)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 76.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 45.81, -56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 72.73, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0681 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.176 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5209, 5.1810, 30.6292)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2499 #6F9924

analogous

#243599 #4E2499 #882499

triadic

#4E2499 #994E24 #24994E

tetradic

#4E2499 #992435 #6F9924 #249988

square

#4E2499 #992435 #6F9924 #249988

split-complementary

#4E2499 #998824 #359924

monochromatic

#1B0D36 #351867 #4E2499 #6730CB #8A5ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4E2499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2499

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2499	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.176 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b8',
    500: '#4e2499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2499;
$custom-light: #8763b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3934,
    "c": 0.1758,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2499

secondary

#9ABE5B

accent

#E543AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2499

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

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