#4E2C9B#4E2C9B

#4E2C9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.169 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C9B
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 155)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 42.30, -55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 69.43, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0604 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.169 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9573, 5.7872, 31.5964)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C9B #799B2C

analogous

#2C429B #4E2C9B #862C9B

triadic

#4E2C9B #9B4E2C #2C9B4E

tetradic

#4E2C9B #9B2C42 #799B2C #2C9B86

square

#4E2C9B #9B2C42 #799B2C #2C9B86

split-complementary

#4E2C9B #9B862C #429B2C

monochromatic

#1E113C #361E6B #4E2C9B #673CC8 #8C6CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4E2C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E2C9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C9B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C9B	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.169 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b9',
    500: '#4e2c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c9b;
$custom-light: #8768b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.378,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40544,
    "c": 0.16908,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C9B

secondary

#A2BC67

accent

#DF49B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C9B

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

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