#4E2AA2#4E2AA2

#4E2AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.180 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AA2
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(258, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.12, 45.36, -58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.12, 74.34, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0607 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.18 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4896, 5.8838, 34.7584)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.70

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2AA2 #7EA22A

analogous

#2A42A2 #4E2AA2 #8A2AA2

triadic

#4E2AA2 #A24E2A #2AA24E

tetradic

#4E2AA2 #A22A42 #7EA22A #2AA28A

square

#4E2AA2 #A22A42 #7EA22A #2AA28A

split-complementary

#4E2AA2 #A28A2A #42A22A

monochromatic

#1F1141 #371D71 #4E2AA2 #683DCD #8E6DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4E2AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E2AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AA2

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AA2	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.180 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867bf',
    500: '#4e2aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aa2;
$custom-light: #8867bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40912,
    "c": 0.17975,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AA2

secondary

#A6C068

accent

#E246B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AA2

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

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