#4E2D99#4E2D99

#4E2D99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.165 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D99
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 153)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 70.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 41.19, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 67.75, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0598 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.165 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8284, 5.7960, 30.7317)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.48

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D99 #78992D

analogous

#2D4299 #4E2D99 #842D99

triadic

#4E2D99 #994E2D #2D994E

tetradic

#4E2D99 #992D42 #78992D #2D9984

square

#4E2D99 #992D42 #78992D #2D9984

split-complementary

#4E2D99 #99842D #42992D

monochromatic

#1E113A #361F6A #4E2D99 #673DC6 #8C6CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4E2D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E2D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D99

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D99	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.165 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b8',
    500: '#4e2d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d99;
$custom-light: #8769b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40507,
    "c": 0.16542,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D99

secondary

#A1BB67

accent

#DE4AB1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D99

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

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