#4E2C9F#4E2C9F

#4E2C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.174 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C9F
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 43.46, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 71.61, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0596 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.174 290)
XYZ	xyz(10.2988, 5.9238, 33.3949)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C9F #7D9F2C

analogous

#2C449F #4E2C9F #872C9F

triadic

#4E2C9F #9F4E2C #2C9F4E

tetradic

#4E2C9F #9F2C44 #7D9F2C #2C9F87

square

#4E2C9F #9F2C44 #7D9F2C #2C9F87

split-complementary

#4E2C9F #9F872C #449F2C

monochromatic

#1F113F #361F6F #4E2C9F #683ECA #8D6ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4E2C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E2C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C9F

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C9F	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.174 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868bc',
    500: '#4e2c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c9f;
$custom-light: #8868bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.739,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40901,
    "c": 0.1739,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.05924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C9F

secondary

#A5BE69

accent

#E048B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C9F

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

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