#4E2AA6#4E2AA6

#4E2AA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.184 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AA6
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 166)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 74.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.48, 46.50, -60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.48, 76.48, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.0597 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.184 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8508, 6.0283, 36.6608)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2AA6 #82A62A

analogous

#2A44A6 #4E2AA6 #8C2AA6

triadic

#4E2AA6 #A64E2A #2AA64E

tetradic

#4E2AA6 #A62A44 #82A62A #2AA68C

square

#4E2AA6 #A62A44 #82A62A #2AA68C

split-complementary

#4E2AA6 #A68C2A #44A62A

monochromatic

#201144 #371E75 #4E2AA6 #683FCE #8F70DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4E2AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E2AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AA6

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AA6	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.184 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967c1',
    500: '#4e2aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aa6;
$custom-light: #8967c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41282,
    "c": 0.18446,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AA6

secondary

#A8C26A

accent

#E345B5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AA6

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

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