#4E2D9F#4E2D9F

#4E2D9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.173 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D9F
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 71.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.41, 42.93, -56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.41, 71.04, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% 0.0587 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.173 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3365, 5.9992, 33.4075)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.69

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D9F #7E9F2D

analogous

#2D459F #4E2D9F #872D9F

triadic

#4E2D9F #9F4E2D #2D9F4E

tetradic

#4E2D9F #9F2D45 #7E9F2D #2D9F87

square

#4E2D9F #9F2D45 #7E9F2D #2D9F87

split-complementary

#4E2D9F #9F872D #459F2D

monochromatic

#1F1240 #37206F #4E2D9F #6840C9 #8E70D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#4E2D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E2D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D9F

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D9F	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.173 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869bc',
    500: '#4e2d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d9f;
$custom-light: #8869bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41037,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D9F

secondary

#A6BE6A

accent

#DF49B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D9F

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

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