#4E2799#4E2799

#4E2799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.173 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2799
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 74.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.76, 44.34, -55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.76, 71.14, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.0655 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.173 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6156, 5.3703, 30.6608)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2799 #729927

analogous

#273999 #4E2799 #872799

triadic

#4E2799 #994E27 #27994E

tetradic

#4E2799 #992739 #729927 #279987

square

#4E2799 #992739 #729927 #279987

split-complementary

#4E2799 #998727 #399927

monochromatic

#1C0E37 #351B68 #4E2799 #6733CA #8B63D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4E2799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E2799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2799

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2799	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.173 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765b8',
    500: '#4e2799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2799;
$custom-light: #8765b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39707,
    "c": 0.17251,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2799

secondary

#9DBD5F

accent

#E345AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2799

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

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