#4E2E9F#4E2E9F

#4E2E9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.172 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E9F
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.60, 42.39, -56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.60, 70.46, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.0578 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.172 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3751, 6.0765, 33.4204)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E9F #7F9F2E

analogous

#2E479F #4E2E9F #862E9F

triadic

#4E2E9F #9F4E2E #2E9F4E

tetradic

#4E2E9F #9F2E47 #7F9F2E #2E9F86

square

#4E2E9F #9F2E47 #7F9F2E #2E9F86

split-complementary

#4E2E9F #9F862E #479F2E

monochromatic

#1F1340 #372070 #4E2E9F #6842C8 #8E71D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#4E2E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E2E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E9F

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E9F	1.00	9.48	2.22	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.172 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869bc',
    500: '#4e2e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e9f;
$custom-light: #8869bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.991,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41175,
    "c": 0.17154,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E9F

secondary

#A6BE6B

accent

#DE49B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E9F

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

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