#4E2C9E#4E2C9E

#4E2C9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.173 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C9E
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, 43.17, -56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 71.06, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.0598 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.173 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2124, 5.8893, 32.9398)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C9E #7C9E2C

analogous

#2C439E #4E2C9E #872C9E

triadic

#4E2C9E #9E4E2C #2C9E4E

tetradic

#4E2C9E #9E2C43 #7C9E2C #2C9E87

square

#4E2C9E #9E2C43 #7C9E2C #2C9E87

split-complementary

#4E2C9E #9E872C #439E2C

monochromatic

#1F113E #361F6E #4E2C9E #673EC9 #8D6ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4E2C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E2C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C9E

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C9E	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.173 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868bc',
    500: '#4e2c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c9e;
$custom-light: #8868bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.895,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40812,
    "c": 0.1727,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C9E

secondary

#A4BE68

accent

#E048B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C9E

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

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