#4E2AAC#4E2AAC

#4E2AAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.191 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AAC
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 172)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 75.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 48.22, -63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 79.66, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.0582 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.191 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4140, 6.2536, 39.6274)
Luminance	0.0625 (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

#4E2AAC #88AC2A

analogous

#2A47AC #4E2AAC #8F2AAC

triadic

#4E2AAC #AC4E2A #2AAC4E

tetradic

#4E2AAC #AC2A47 #88AC2A #2AAC8F

square

#4E2AAC #AC2A47 #88AC2A #2AAC8F

split-complementary

#4E2AAC #AC8F2A #47AC2A

monochromatic

#21124A #381E7B #4E2AAC #6A42D1 #9173DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4E2AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E2AAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AAC

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AAC	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.191 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68c6',
    500: '#4e2aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aac;
$custom-light: #8a68c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.615,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41847,
    "c": 0.19146,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AAC

secondary

#ACC46D

accent

#E444B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AAC

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