#4E249B#4E249B

#4E249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.178 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E249B
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 46.36, -57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 73.79, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.53% 0.0676 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(39.53% 0.178 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6875, 5.2477, 31.5065)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E249B #719B24

analogous

#24369B #4E249B #89249B

triadic

#4E249B #9B4E24 #249B4E

tetradic

#4E249B #9B2436 #719B24 #249B89

square

#4E249B #9B2436 #719B24 #249B89

split-complementary

#4E249B #9B8924 #369B24

monochromatic

#1C0D38 #351869 #4E249B #6730CD #8B5FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4E249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E249B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E249B	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.178 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864ba',
    500: '#4e249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e249b;
$custom-light: #8864ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39526,
    "c": 0.1781,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E249B

secondary

#9CBF5C

accent

#E542AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E249B

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

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