#4E2B9D#4E2B9D

#4E2B9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.173 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B9D
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 72.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 43.41, -56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 71.09, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.061 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.173 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0898, 5.7814, 32.4760)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B9D #7A9D2B

analogous

#2B419D #4E2B9D #872B9D

triadic

#4E2B9D #9D4E2B #2B9D4E

tetradic

#4E2B9D #9D2B41 #7A9D2B #2B9D87

square

#4E2B9D #9D2B41 #7A9D2B #2B9D87

split-complementary

#4E2B9D #9D872B #419D2B

monochromatic

#1E113D #361E6D #4E2B9D #673CCA #8D6CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4E2B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E2B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B9D

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B9D	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)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.173 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768bb',
    500: '#4e2b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b9d;
$custom-light: #8768bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.421,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40587,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B9D

secondary

#A3BD66

accent

#E048B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B9D

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

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