#4E2D9C#4E2D9C

#4E2D9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.169 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D9C
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 156)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 71.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 42.05, -55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 69.40, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0593 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.169 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0793, 5.8964, 32.0531)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.08

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D9C #7B9C2D

analogous

#2D449C #4E2D9C #862D9C

triadic

#4E2D9C #9C4E2D #2D9C4E

tetradic

#4E2D9C #9C2D44 #7B9C2D #2D9C86

square

#4E2D9C #9C2D44 #7B9C2D #2D9C86

split-complementary

#4E2D9C #9C862D #449C2D

monochromatic

#1F123D #361F6D #4E2D9C #673FC8 #8D6ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4E2D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E2D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D9C

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D9C	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.169 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769ba',
    500: '#4e2d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d9c;
$custom-light: #8769ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.838,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40771,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D9C

secondary

#A3BC68

accent

#DF49B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D9C

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

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