#4E2AAA#4E2AAA

#4E2AAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.189 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AAA
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 47.65, -62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 78.60, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.0587 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.189 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2234, 6.1773, 38.6234)
Luminance	0.0618 (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

#4E2AAA #86AA2A

analogous

#2A46AA #4E2AAA #8E2AAA

triadic

#4E2AAA #AA4E2A #2AAA4E

tetradic

#4E2AAA #AA2A46 #86AA2A #2AAA8E

square

#4E2AAA #AA2A46 #86AA2A #2AAA8E

split-complementary

#4E2AAA #AA8E2A #46AA2A

monochromatic

#211248 #371E79 #4E2AAA #6941D0 #9072DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E2AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E2AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AAA

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AAA	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.189 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68c4',
    500: '#4e2aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aaa;
$custom-light: #8a68c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41658,
    "c": 0.18913,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AAA

secondary

#ABC36C

accent

#E444B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AAA

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

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