#4E2C9A#4E2C9A

#4E2C9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.168 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C9A
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, 42.02, -54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 68.88, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0606 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.168 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8737, 5.7538, 31.1559)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C9A #789A2C

analogous

#2C419A #4E2C9A #852C9A

triadic

#4E2C9A #9A4E2C #2C9A4E

tetradic

#4E2C9A #9A2C41 #789A2C #2C9A85

square

#4E2C9A #9A2C41 #789A2C #2C9A85

split-complementary

#4E2C9A #9A852C #419A2C

monochromatic

#1E113B #361E6A #4E2C9A #673CC7 #8C6CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4E2C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E2C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C9A

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C9A	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.168 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b9',
    500: '#4e2c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c9a;
$custom-light: #8768b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40456,
    "c": 0.16786,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C9A

secondary

#A1BC66

accent

#DF49B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C9A

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

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