#4E2D98#4E2D98

#4E2D98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.164 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D98
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 152)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 40.90, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 67.20, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.06 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.164 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7462, 5.7631, 30.2985)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D98 #77982D

analogous

#2D4198 #4E2D98 #832D98

triadic

#4E2D98 #984E2D #2D984E

tetradic

#4E2D98 #982D41 #77982D #2D9883

square

#4E2D98 #982D41 #77982D #2D9883

split-complementary

#4E2D98 #98832D #41982D

monochromatic

#1E113A #361F69 #4E2D98 #673DC5 #8C6CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4E2D98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E2D98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D98

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D98	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.164 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b7',
    500: '#4e2d98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d98;
$custom-light: #8769b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.505,
    "s": 54.315,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4042,
    "c": 0.16419,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D98

secondary

#A1BA66

accent

#DE4AB0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D98

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

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