#4E2AA7#4E2AA7

#4E2AA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.186 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AA7
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 167)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 74.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.58, 46.79, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.58, 77.01, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.0595 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.186 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9429, 6.0651, 37.1458)
Luminance	0.0607 (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

#4E2AA7 #83A72A

analogous

#2A44A7 #4E2AA7 #8C2AA7

triadic

#4E2AA7 #A74E2A #2AA74E

tetradic

#4E2AA7 #A72A44 #83A72A #2AA78C

square

#4E2AA7 #A72A44 #83A72A #2AA78C

split-complementary

#4E2AA7 #A78C2A #44A72A

monochromatic

#201145 #371E76 #4E2AA7 #693FCF #8F70DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E2AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E2AA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AA7

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AA7	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.186 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967c2',
    500: '#4e2aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aa7;
$custom-light: #8967c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.28,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41376,
    "c": 0.18562,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AA7

secondary

#A9C26B

accent

#E345B5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AA7

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

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