#4E2C99#4E2C99

#4E2C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.167 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C99
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 41.73, -54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 68.33, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0608 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.167 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7907, 5.7206, 30.7191)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C99 #77992C

analogous

#2C4099 #4E2C99 #842C99

triadic

#4E2C99 #994E2C #2C994E

tetradic

#4E2C99 #992C40 #77992C #2C9984

square

#4E2C99 #992C40 #77992C #2C9984

split-complementary

#4E2C99 #99842C #40992C

monochromatic

#1E113A #361E69 #4E2C99 #673BC7 #8C6BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4E2C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E2C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C99

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C99	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.167 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b8',
    500: '#4e2c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c99;
$custom-light: #8768b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.716,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40367,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C99

secondary

#A1BB66

accent

#DF49B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C99

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

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