#4E249D#4E249D

#4E249D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.180 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E249D
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, 46.91, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 74.85, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.067 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.18 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8568, 5.3154, 32.3984)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E249D #739D24

analogous

#24379D #4E249D #8A249D

triadic

#4E249D #9D4E24 #249D4E

tetradic

#4E249D #9D2437 #739D24 #249D8A

square

#4E249D #9D2437 #739D24 #249D8A

split-complementary

#4E249D #9D8A24 #379D24

monochromatic

#1D0D39 #35196B #4E249D #672FCF #8B61DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4E249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E249D

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E249D	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.180 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864bb',
    500: '#4e249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e249d;
$custom-light: #8864bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.826,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39714,
    "c": 0.18037,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E249D

secondary

#9EC05D

accent

#E642AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E249D

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

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