#4E2A9F#4E2A9F

#4E2A9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.176 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A9F
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 159)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 73.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 44.51, -57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 72.73, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0614 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.176 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2261, 5.7784, 33.3707)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A9F #7B9F2A

analogous

#2A409F #4E2A9F #892A9F

triadic

#4E2A9F #9F4E2A #2A9F4E

tetradic

#4E2A9F #9F2A40 #7B9F2A #2A9F89

square

#4E2A9F #9F2A40 #7B9F2A #2A9F89

split-complementary

#4E2A9F #9F892A #409F2A

monochromatic

#1F103E #361D6F #4E2A9F #673BCB #8D6BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4E2A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E2A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A9F

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A9F	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.176 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867bc',
    500: '#4e2a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a9f;
$custom-light: #8867bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40637,
    "c": 0.17619,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A9F

secondary

#A3BF66

accent

#E146B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A9F

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

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