#4E2F9A#4E2F9A

#4E2F9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.164 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F9A
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 154)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 69.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, 40.38, -53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 67.12, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0577 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.164 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9895, 5.9854, 31.1945)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F9A #7B9A2F

analogous

#2F469A #4E2F9A #842F9A

triadic

#4E2F9A #9A4E2F #2F9A4E

tetradic

#4E2F9A #9A2F46 #7B9A2F #2F9A84

square

#4E2F9A #9A2F46 #7B9A2F #2F9A84

split-complementary

#4E2F9A #9A842F #469A2F

monochromatic

#1F123C #36216B #4E2F9A #6741C5 #8D70D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#4E2F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E2F9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F9A

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F9A	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.164 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ab9',
    500: '#4e2f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f9a;
$custom-light: #876ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.383,
    "s": 53.234,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40879,
    "c": 0.16417,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F9A

secondary

#A3BB6A

accent

#DD4BB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F9A

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

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