#4E2B9A#4E2B9A

#4E2B9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.169 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B9A
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 42.55, -54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 69.45, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0616 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.169 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8368, 5.6802, 31.1437)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B9A #779A2B

analogous

#2B3F9A #4E2B9A #852B9A

triadic

#4E2B9A #9A4E2B #2B9A4E

tetradic

#4E2B9A #9A2B3F #779A2B #2B9A85

square

#4E2B9A #9A2B3F #779A2B #2B9A85

split-complementary

#4E2B9A #9A852B #3F9A2B

monochromatic

#1E103A #361E6A #4E2B9A #673AC8 #8C6AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E2B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E2B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B9A

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B9A	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.169 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b9',
    500: '#4e2b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b9a;
$custom-light: #8767b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.919,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40319,
    "c": 0.16906,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B9A

secondary

#A1BC65

accent

#E048B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B9A

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

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