#4E2D9D#4E2D9D

#4E2D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.170 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D9D
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 42.34, -55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 69.94, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% 0.0591 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.17 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1643, 5.9304, 32.5009)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D9D #7C9D2D

analogous

#2D449D #4E2D9D #862D9D

triadic

#4E2D9D #9D4E2D #2D9D4E

tetradic

#4E2D9D #9D2D44 #7C9D2D #2D9D86

square

#4E2D9D #9D2D44 #7C9D2D #2D9D86

split-complementary

#4E2D9D #9D862D #449D2D

monochromatic

#1F123E #361F6D #4E2D9D #683FC8 #8D6FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4E2D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E2D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D9D

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D9D	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.170 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769bb',
    500: '#4e2d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d9d;
$custom-light: #8769bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.679,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40859,
    "c": 0.17031,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D9D

secondary

#A4BD69

accent

#DF49B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D9D

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

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