#4E2A99#4E2A99

#4E2A99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.169 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A99
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 72.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 42.79, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 69.48, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.0627 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.169 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7180, 5.5752, 30.6949)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A99 #75992A

analogous

#2A3E99 #4E2A99 #852A99

triadic

#4E2A99 #994E2A #2A994E

tetradic

#4E2A99 #992A3E #75992A #2A9985

square

#4E2A99 #992A3E #75992A #2A9985

split-complementary

#4E2A99 #99852A #3E992A

monochromatic

#1D1039 #361D69 #4E2A99 #6738C8 #8B68D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E2A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E2A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A99

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A99	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.169 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b8',
    500: '#4e2a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a99;
$custom-light: #8767b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40096,
    "c": 0.16904,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A99

secondary

#9FBC63

accent

#E048AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A99

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

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