#4E2F9F#4E2F9F

#4E2F9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.170 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F9F
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 159)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 70.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.80, 41.84, -55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.80, 69.87, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% 0.0568 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.17 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4146, 6.1555, 33.4335)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F9F #809F2F

analogous

#2F489F #4E2F9F #862F9F

triadic

#4E2F9F #9F4E2F #2F9F4E

tetradic

#4E2F9F #9F2F48 #809F2F #2F9F86

square

#4E2F9F #9F2F48 #809F2F #2F9F86

split-complementary

#4E2F9F #9F862F #489F2F

monochromatic

#201341 #372170 #4E2F9F #6844C8 #8E73D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4E2F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E2F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F9F

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F9F	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.170 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876abc',
    500: '#4e2f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f9f;
$custom-light: #876abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.607,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41316,
    "c": 0.17034,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F9F

secondary

#A7BD6D

accent

#DE4AB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F9F

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

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