#4E2999#4E2999

#4E2999 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.170 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2999
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 73.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 43.32, -55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 70.04, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.0637 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.17 292)
XYZ	xyz(9.6830, 5.5051, 30.6832)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2999 #749929

analogous

#293C99 #4E2999 #862999

triadic

#4E2999 #994E29 #29994E

tetradic

#4E2999 #99293C #749929 #299986

square

#4E2999 #99293C #749929 #299986

split-complementary

#4E2999 #998629 #3C9929

monochromatic

#1D0F38 #351C69 #4E2999 #6736C9 #8B66D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#4E2999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E2999 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2999

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2999	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.170 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b8',
    500: '#4e2999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2999;
$custom-light: #8766b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.821,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39964,
    "c": 0.17022,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.05505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2999

secondary

#9EBC62

accent

#E147AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2999

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

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