#4E2A9C#4E2A9C

#4E2A9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.173 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A9C
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 43.65, -56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 71.11, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0621 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.173 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9689, 5.6755, 32.0163)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A9C #789C2A

analogous

#2A3F9C #4E2A9C #872A9C

triadic

#4E2A9C #9C4E2A #2A9C4E

tetradic

#4E2A9C #9C2A3F #789C2A #2A9C87

square

#4E2A9C #9C2A3F #789C2A #2A9C87

split-complementary

#4E2A9C #9C872A #3F9C2A

monochromatic

#1E103C #361D6C #4E2A9C #6739CA #8C6AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4E2A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E2A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A9C

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A9C	1.00	9.84	2.14	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.173 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767ba',
    500: '#4e2a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a9c;
$custom-light: #8767ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40365,
    "c": 0.17263,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A9C

secondary

#A1BD65

accent

#E147B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A9C

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

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