#4E2AA8#4E2AA8

#4E2AA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.187 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AA8
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.67, 47.08, -61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.67, 77.54, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0592 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.187 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0357, 6.1022, 37.6346)
Luminance	0.0610 (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

#4E2AA8 #84A82A

analogous

#2A45A8 #4E2AA8 #8D2AA8

triadic

#4E2AA8 #A84E2A #2AA84E

tetradic

#4E2AA8 #A82A45 #84A82A #2AA88D

square

#4E2AA8 #A82A45 #84A82A #2AA88D

split-complementary

#4E2AA8 #A88D2A #45A82A

monochromatic

#211246 #371E77 #4E2AA8 #6940CF #8F71DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4E2AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E2AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AA8

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AA8	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.187 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967c3',
    500: '#4e2aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aa8;
$custom-light: #8967c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41469,
    "c": 0.1868,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AA8

secondary

#AAC36B

accent

#E345B6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AA8

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

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