#4E2B9B#4E2B9B

#4E2B9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.170 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B9B
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 42.84, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 70.00, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.0614 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.17 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9205, 5.7136, 31.5841)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B9B #789B2B

analogous

#2B409B #4E2B9B #862B9B

triadic

#4E2B9B #9B4E2B #2B9B4E

tetradic

#4E2B9B #9B2B40 #789B2B #2B9B86

square

#4E2B9B #9B2B40 #789B2B #2B9B86

split-complementary

#4E2B9B #9B862B #409B2B

monochromatic

#1E103B #361E6B #4E2B9B #673BC9 #8C6BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E2B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E2B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B9B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B9B	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)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.170 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b9',
    500: '#4e2b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b9b;
$custom-light: #8767b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40408,
    "c": 0.17026,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B9B

secondary

#A1BC65

accent

#E048B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B9B

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

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