#4E2AA9#4E2AA9

#4E2AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.188 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AA9
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 47.36, -62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 78.07, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.059 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.188 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1292, 6.1397, 38.1271)
Luminance	0.0614 (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

#4E2AA9 #85A92A

analogous

#2A46A9 #4E2AA9 #8E2AA9

triadic

#4E2AA9 #A94E2A #2AA94E

tetradic

#4E2AA9 #A92A46 #85A92A #2AA98E

square

#4E2AA9 #A92A46 #85A92A #2AA98E

split-complementary

#4E2AA9 #A98E2A #46A92A

monochromatic

#211247 #371E78 #4E2AA9 #6941D0 #9072DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#4E2AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E2AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AA9

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AA9	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.188 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c4',
    500: '#4e2aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aa9;
$custom-light: #8968c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.008,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41563,
    "c": 0.18797,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AA9

secondary

#AAC36C

accent

#E344B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AA9

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

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