#4E249C#4E249C

#4E249C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.179 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E249C
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.52, 46.64, -57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.52, 74.32, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.62% 0.0673 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(39.62% 0.179 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7718, 5.2814, 31.9506)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E249C #729C24

analogous

#24369C #4E249C #8A249C

triadic

#4E249C #9C4E24 #249C4E

tetradic

#4E249C #9C2436 #729C24 #249C8A

square

#4E249C #9C2436 #729C24 #249C8A

split-complementary

#4E249C #9C8A24 #369C24

monochromatic

#1C0D39 #35196A #4E249C #672FCE #8B60DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#4E249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E249C

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E249C	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.179 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864ba',
    500: '#4e249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e249c;
$custom-light: #8864ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3962,
    "c": 0.17923,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E249C

secondary

#9DBF5C

accent

#E642AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E249C

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

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