#4E2AA0#4E2AA0

#4E2AA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.177 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AA0
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 160)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.94, 44.79, -57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.94, 73.27, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% 0.0612 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.177 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3132, 5.8133, 33.8296)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2AA0 #7CA02A

analogous

#2A41A0 #4E2AA0 #892AA0

triadic

#4E2AA0 #A04E2A #2AA04E

tetradic

#4E2AA0 #A02A41 #7CA02A #2AA089

square

#4E2AA0 #A02A41 #7CA02A #2AA089

split-complementary

#4E2AA0 #A0892A #41A02A

monochromatic

#1F113F #361D70 #4E2AA0 #673CCC #8D6CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#4E2AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E2AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AA0

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AA0	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.177 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867bd',
    500: '#4e2aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aa0;
$custom-light: #8867bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.305,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40728,
    "c": 0.17738,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AA0

secondary

#A4BF67

accent

#E246B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AA0

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

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