#4E2AA1#4E2AA1

#4E2AA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.179 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AA1
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 161)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 45.08, -58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 73.81, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.0609 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.179 290)
XYZ	xyz(10.4010, 5.8484, 34.2921)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.82

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2AA1 #7DA12A

analogous

#2A42A1 #4E2AA1 #892AA1

triadic

#4E2AA1 #A14E2A #2AA14E

tetradic

#4E2AA1 #A12A42 #7DA12A #2AA189

square

#4E2AA1 #A12A42 #7DA12A #2AA189

split-complementary

#4E2AA1 #A1892A #42A12A

monochromatic

#1F1140 #361D70 #4E2AA1 #683CCC #8D6DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#4E2AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E2AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AA1

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AA1	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.179 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867be',
    500: '#4e2aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aa1;
$custom-light: #8867be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.151,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4082,
    "c": 0.17857,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.05849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AA1

secondary

#A5C067

accent

#E246B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AA1

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

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