#4E2B99#4E2B99

#4E2B99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.168 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B99
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 42.26, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 68.91, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0618 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.168 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7539, 5.6470, 30.7069)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B99 #76992B

analogous

#2B3F99 #4E2B99 #852B99

triadic

#4E2B99 #994E2B #2B994E

tetradic

#4E2B99 #992B3F #76992B #2B9985

square

#4E2B99 #992B3F #76992B #2B9985

split-complementary

#4E2B99 #99852B #3F992B

monochromatic

#1D1039 #361E69 #4E2B99 #673AC8 #8C69D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4E2B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E2B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B99

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B99	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.168 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b8',
    500: '#4e2b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b99;
$custom-light: #8767b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4023,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B99

secondary

#A0BC64

accent

#DF48AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B99

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

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