#4E2B9E#4E2B9E

#4E2B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.174 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B9E
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.94, 43.70, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.94, 71.63, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0607 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.174 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1756, 5.8157, 32.9275)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B9E #7B9E2B

analogous

#2B429E #4E2B9E #882B9E

triadic

#4E2B9E #9E4E2B #2B9E4E

tetradic

#4E2B9E #9E2B42 #7B9E2B #2B9E88

square

#4E2B9E #9E2B42 #7B9E2B #2B9E88

split-complementary

#4E2B9E #9E882B #429E2B

monochromatic

#1F113E #361E6E #4E2B9E #673CCA #8D6CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#4E2B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E2B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B9E

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B9E	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.174 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868bc',
    500: '#4e2b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b9e;
$custom-light: #8868bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40678,
    "c": 0.17386,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B9E

secondary

#A3BE67

accent

#E047B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B9E

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

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