#4E2AAD#4E2AAD

#4E2AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.193 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AAD
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.14, 48.50, -63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.14, 80.19, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.0579 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.193 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5104, 6.2922, 40.1351)
Luminance	0.0629 (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

#4E2AAD #89AD2A

analogous

#2A47AD #4E2AAD #902AAD

triadic

#4E2AAD #AD4E2A #2AAD4E

tetradic

#4E2AAD #AD2A47 #89AD2A #2AAD90

square

#4E2AAD #AD2A47 #89AD2A #2AAD90

split-complementary

#4E2AAD #AD902A #47AD2A

monochromatic

#22124B #381E7C #4E2AAD #6A43D1 #9174DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E2AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E2AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AAD

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AAD	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.193 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68c7',
    500: '#4e2aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aad;
$custom-light: #8a68c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.489,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41942,
    "c": 0.19262,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AAD

secondary

#ADC56E

accent

#E444B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AAD

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

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