#4E2A9A#4E2A9A

#4E2A9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.170 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A9A
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 72.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 43.08, -55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 70.02, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0625 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.17 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8009, 5.6084, 31.1317)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A9A #769A2A

analogous

#2A3E9A #4E2A9A #862A9A

triadic

#4E2A9A #9A4E2A #2A9A4E

tetradic

#4E2A9A #9A2A3E #769A2A #2A9A86

square

#4E2A9A #9A2A3E #769A2A #2A9A86

split-complementary

#4E2A9A #9A862A #3E9A2A

monochromatic

#1D103A #361D6A #4E2A9A #6738C9 #8C68D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4E2A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E2A9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A9A

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A9A	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.170 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b9',
    500: '#4e2a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a9a;
$custom-light: #8767b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40185,
    "c": 0.17025,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A9A

secondary

#A0BC63

accent

#E047AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A9A

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

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