#4E2E9E#4E2E9E

#4E2E9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.170 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E9E
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 42.09, -55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 69.91, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% 0.0579 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.17 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2887, 6.0419, 32.9652)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.70

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E9E #7E9E2E

analogous

#2E469E #4E2E9E #862E9E

triadic

#4E2E9E #9E4E2E #2E9E4E

tetradic

#4E2E9E #9E2E46 #7E9E2E #2E9E86

square

#4E2E9E #9E2E46 #7E9E2E #2E9E86

split-complementary

#4E2E9E #9E862E #469E2E

monochromatic

#1F123F #37206F #4E2E9E #6841C8 #8E71D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4E2E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E2E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E9E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E9E	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.170 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769bc',
    500: '#4e2e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e9e;
$custom-light: #8769bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41087,
    "c": 0.17033,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E9E

secondary

#A6BD6B

accent

#DE4AB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E9E

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

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