#4E2E9A#4E2E9A

#4E2E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.165 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E9A
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(258, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, 40.93, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 67.71, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0587 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.165 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9500, 5.9064, 31.1814)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E9A #7A9A2E

analogous

#2E449A #4E2E9A #842E9A

triadic

#4E2E9A #9A4E2E #2E9A4E

tetradic

#4E2E9A #9A2E44 #7A9A2E #2E9A84

square

#4E2E9A #9A2E44 #7A9A2E #2E9A84

split-complementary

#4E2E9A #9A842E #449A2E

monochromatic

#1E123C #36206B #4E2E9A #673FC6 #8D6FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4E2E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E2E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E9A

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E9A	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.165 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769b9',
    500: '#4e2e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e9a;
$custom-light: #8769b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40736,
    "c": 0.16542,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E9A

secondary

#A3BB69

accent

#DD4AB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E9A

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

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