#4E2C9D#4E2C9D

#4E2C9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.172 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C9D
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 72%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 42.88, -55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 70.52, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% 0.06 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.172 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1266, 5.8550, 32.4883)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C9D #7B9D2C

analogous

#2C439D #4E2C9D #872C9D

triadic

#4E2C9D #9D4E2C #2C9D4E

tetradic

#4E2C9D #9D2C43 #7B9D2C #2C9D87

square

#4E2C9D #9D2C43 #7B9D2C #2C9D87

split-complementary

#4E2C9D #9D872C #439D2C

monochromatic

#1F113D #361F6D #4E2C9D #673DC9 #8D6DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4E2C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E2C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C9D

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C9D	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.172 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768bb',
    500: '#4e2c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c9d;
$custom-light: #8768bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.053,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40722,
    "c": 0.1715,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C9D

secondary

#A3BD68

accent

#E048B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C9D

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

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