#4E2F9D#4E2F9D

#4E2F9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.168 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F9D
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 157)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 41.25, -55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 68.77, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0572 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.168 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2425, 6.0866, 32.5269)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.73

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F9D #7E9D2F

analogous

#2F479D #4E2F9D #852F9D

triadic

#4E2F9D #9D4E2F #2F9D4E

tetradic

#4E2F9D #9D2F47 #7E9D2F #2F9D85

square

#4E2F9D #9D2F47 #7E9D2F #2F9D85

split-complementary

#4E2F9D #9D852F #479D2F

monochromatic

#1F133F #37216E #4E2F9D #6843C7 #8E72D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#4E2F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E2F9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F9D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F9D	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.168 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876abb',
    500: '#4e2f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f9d;
$custom-light: #876abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.909,
    "s": 53.922,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4114,
    "c": 0.16788,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F9D

secondary

#A6BC6B

accent

#DD4BB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F9D

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

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