#4E2E99#4E2E99

#4E2E99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.164 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E99
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 153)
HSL	hsl(258, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 69.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, 40.64, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 67.16, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0589 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.164 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.8670, 5.8732, 30.7446)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E99 #79992E

analogous

#2E4499 #4E2E99 #842E99

triadic

#4E2E99 #994E2E #2E994E

tetradic

#4E2E99 #992E44 #79992E #2E9984

square

#4E2E99 #992E44 #79992E #2E9984

split-complementary

#4E2E99 #99842E #44992E

monochromatic

#1E123B #36206A #4E2E99 #673FC5 #8C6ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4E2E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E2E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E99

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E99	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.164 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b8',
    500: '#4e2e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e99;
$custom-light: #8769b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.944,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40649,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.05874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E99

secondary

#A2BB68

accent

#DD4BB1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E99

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

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