#4E2D97#4E2D97

#4E2D97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.163 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D97
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 151)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 40.61, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 66.64, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0602 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.163 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6646, 5.7305, 29.8690)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D97 #76972D

analogous

#2D4197 #4E2D97 #832D97

triadic

#4E2D97 #974E2D #2D974E

tetradic

#4E2D97 #972D41 #76972D #2D9783

square

#4E2D97 #972D41 #76972D #2D9783

split-complementary

#4E2D97 #97832D #41972D

monochromatic

#1D1139 #361F68 #4E2D97 #673CC5 #8C6BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#4E2D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E2D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D97

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D97	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.163 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669b6',
    500: '#4e2d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d97;
$custom-light: #8669b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.679,
    "s": 54.082,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40333,
    "c": 0.16297,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D97

secondary

#A0BA66

accent

#DD4AB0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D97

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

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