#4E2A9E#4E2A9E

#4E2A9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.175 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A9E
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 44.22, -57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 72.19, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0616 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.175 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1396, 5.7438, 32.9155)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A9E #7A9E2A

analogous

#2A409E #4E2A9E #882A9E

triadic

#4E2A9E #9E4E2A #2A9E4E

tetradic

#4E2A9E #9E2A40 #7A9E2A #2A9E88

square

#4E2A9E #9E2A40 #7A9E2A #2A9E88

split-complementary

#4E2A9E #9E882A #409E2A

monochromatic

#1E103D #361D6E #4E2A9E #673ACB #8D6BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4E2A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E2A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A9E

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A9E	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.175 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867bc',
    500: '#4e2a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a9e;
$custom-light: #8867bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40546,
    "c": 0.17501,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A9E

secondary

#A3BE66

accent

#E147B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A9E

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

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