#4E249E#4E249E

#4E249E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.182 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E249E
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 77.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.71, 47.19, -58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.71, 75.38, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% 0.0667 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.182 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9426, 5.3497, 32.8498)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E249E #749E24

analogous

#24379E #4E249E #8B249E

triadic

#4E249E #9E4E24 #249E4E

tetradic

#4E249E #9E2437 #749E24 #249E8B

square

#4E249E #9E2437 #749E24 #249E8B

split-complementary

#4E249E #9E8B24 #379E24

monochromatic

#1D0D3A #35196C #4E249E #672FD0 #8B61DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#4E249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E249E

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E249E	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.182 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864bc',
    500: '#4e249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e249e;
$custom-light: #8864bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.656,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39808,
    "c": 0.18151,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E249E

secondary

#9EC05E

accent

#E642AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E249E

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

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