#4E2F99#4E2F99

#4E2F99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.163 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F99
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 153)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 69.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.29, 40.08, -53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.29, 66.56, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% 0.0579 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.163 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9065, 5.9523, 30.7577)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.28

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F99 #7A992F

analogous

#2F4599 #4E2F99 #832F99

triadic

#4E2F99 #994E2F #2F994E

tetradic

#4E2F99 #992F45 #7A992F #2F9983

square

#4E2F99 #992F45 #7A992F #2F9983

split-complementary

#4E2F99 #99832F #45992F

monochromatic

#1E123B #36216A #4E2F99 #6741C5 #8D6FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#4E2F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E2F99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F99

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F99	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.163 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ab8',
    500: '#4e2f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f99;
$custom-light: #876ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.547,
    "s": 53,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40793,
    "c": 0.16293,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F99

secondary

#A3BA69

accent

#DC4BB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F99

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

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