#4E2B9F#4E2B9F

#4E2B9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.175 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B9F
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 159)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 73%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 43.99, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 72.17, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0605 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.175 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2620, 5.8502, 33.3827)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B9F #7C9F2B

analogous

#2B429F #4E2B9F #882B9F

triadic

#4E2B9F #9F4E2B #2B9F4E

tetradic

#4E2B9F #9F2B42 #7C9F2B #2B9F88

square

#4E2B9F #9F2B42 #7C9F2B #2B9F88

split-complementary

#4E2B9F #9F882B #429F2B

monochromatic

#1F113F #361E6F #4E2B9F #673DCA #8D6DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#4E2B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E2B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B9F

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B9F	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.175 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868bc',
    500: '#4e2b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b9f;
$custom-light: #8868bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.103,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40768,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B9F

secondary

#A4BE67

accent

#E147B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B9F

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

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