#4E2A9B#4E2A9B

#4E2A9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.171 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A9B
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 72.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 43.36, -55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 70.57, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.0623 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.171 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8846, 5.6418, 31.5722)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A9B #779B2A

analogous

#2A3E9B #4E2A9B #862A9B

triadic

#4E2A9B #9B4E2A #2A9B4E

tetradic

#4E2A9B #9B2A3E #779B2A #2A9B86

square

#4E2A9B #9B2A3E #779B2A #2A9B86

split-complementary

#4E2A9B #9B862A #3E9B2A

monochromatic

#1E103B #361D6B #4E2A9B #6739C9 #8C69D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4E2A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E2A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A9B

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A9B	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.171 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b9',
    500: '#4e2a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a9b;
$custom-light: #8767b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.115,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40275,
    "c": 0.17144,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A9B

secondary

#A1BD64

accent

#E147B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A9B

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

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