#4E2F9C#4E2F9C

#4E2F9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.167 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F9C
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 156)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 69.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 40.96, -54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 68.22, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0573 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.167 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1574, 6.0526, 32.0791)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.86

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F9C #7D9C2F

analogous

#2F479C #4E2F9C #852F9C

triadic

#4E2F9C #9C4E2F #2F9C4E

tetradic

#4E2F9C #9C2F47 #7D9C2F #2F9C85

square

#4E2F9C #9C2F47 #7D9C2F #2F9C85

split-complementary

#4E2F9C #9C852F #479C2F

monochromatic

#1F133E #36216D #4E2F9C #6842C6 #8D71D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4E2F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E2F9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F9C

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F9C	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.167 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876aba',
    500: '#4e2f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f9c;
$custom-light: #876aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.064,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41053,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F9C

secondary

#A5BC6B

accent

#DD4BB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F9C

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

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