#4E2E9C#4E2E9C

#4E2E9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.168 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E9C
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 70.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.35, 41.51, -54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.35, 68.81, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0583 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.168 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1179, 5.9736, 32.0659)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E9C #7C9C2E

analogous

#2E459C #4E2E9C #852E9C

triadic

#4E2E9C #9C4E2E #2E9C4E

tetradic

#4E2E9C #9C2E45 #7C9C2E #2E9C85

square

#4E2E9C #9C2E45 #7C9C2E #2E9C85

split-complementary

#4E2E9C #9C852E #459C2E

monochromatic

#1F123D #36206D #4E2E9C #6840C7 #8D70D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#4E2E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E2E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E9C

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E9C	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.168 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769ba',
    500: '#4e2e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e9c;
$custom-light: #8769ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.455,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4091,
    "c": 0.16788,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E9C

secondary

#A4BC6A

accent

#DE4AB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E9C

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

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