#4E24A7#4E24A7

#4E24A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.192 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E24A7
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 167)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 78.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 49.67, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 80.09, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.0641 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.192 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7458, 5.6710, 37.0801)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E24A7 #7DA724

analogous

#243BA7 #4E24A7 #9024A7

triadic

#4E24A7 #A74E24 #24A74E

tetradic

#4E24A7 #A7243B #7DA724 #24A790

square

#4E24A7 #A7243B #7DA724 #24A790

split-complementary

#4E24A7 #A79024 #3BA724

monochromatic

#1F0E42 #361975 #4E24A7 #6835D3 #8D67DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4E24A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E24A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E24A7

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E24A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E24A7	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e24a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.192 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964c2',
    500: '#4e24a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e24a7;
$custom-light: #8964c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e24a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.237,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40668,
    "c": 0.19169,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E24A7

secondary

#A5C463

accent

#E840B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E24A7

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

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