#4E2C9C#4E2C9C

#4E2C9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.170 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C9C
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 156)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 71.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 42.59, -55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 69.97, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% 0.0602 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.17 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0416, 5.8210, 32.0405)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C9C #7A9C2C

analogous

#2C429C #4E2C9C #862C9C

triadic

#4E2C9C #9C4E2C #2C9C4E

tetradic

#4E2C9C #9C2C42 #7A9C2C #2C9C86

square

#4E2C9C #9C2C42 #7A9C2C #2C9C86

split-complementary

#4E2C9C #9C862C #429C2C

monochromatic

#1E113D #361F6C #4E2C9C #673DC8 #8D6DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4E2C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E2C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C9C

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C9C	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.170 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768ba',
    500: '#4e2c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c9c;
$custom-light: #8768ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.214,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40633,
    "c": 0.17029,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C9C

secondary

#A3BD67

accent

#DF49B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C9C

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

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