#4E2D9A#4E2D9A

#4E2D9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.167 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D9A
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 154)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 41.48, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 68.30, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0597 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.167 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.9114, 5.8292, 31.1685)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.34

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D9A #799A2D

analogous

#2D439A #4E2D9A #852D9A

triadic

#4E2D9A #9A4E2D #2D9A4E

tetradic

#4E2D9A #9A2D43 #799A2D #2D9A85

square

#4E2D9A #9A2D43 #799A2D #2D9A85

split-complementary

#4E2D9A #9A852D #439A2D

monochromatic

#1E113B #361F6B #4E2D9A #673EC7 #8C6DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4E2D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E2D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D9A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D9A	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.167 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b9',
    500: '#4e2d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d9a;
$custom-light: #8769b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.165,
    "s": 54.774,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40594,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.0583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D9A

secondary

#A2BB67

accent

#DE4AB1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D9A

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

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