#4E2A9D#4E2A9D

#4E2A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.174 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A9D
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 73.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 43.93, -56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 71.65, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0619 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.174 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0539, 5.7096, 32.4641)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A9D #799D2A

analogous

#2A3F9D #4E2A9D #882A9D

triadic

#4E2A9D #9D4E2A #2A9D4E

tetradic

#4E2A9D #9D2A3F #799D2A #2A9D88

square

#4E2A9D #9D2A3F #799D2A #2A9D88

split-complementary

#4E2A9D #9D882A #3F9D2A

monochromatic

#1E103C #361D6D #4E2A9D #673ACA #8C6AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E2A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E2A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A9D

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A9D	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.174 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867bb',
    500: '#4e2a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a9d;
$custom-light: #8867bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.783,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40455,
    "c": 0.17382,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A9D

secondary

#A2BE65

accent

#E147B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A9D

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

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