#4E2AAE#4E2AAE

#4E2AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.194 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AAE
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.23, 48.79, -64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.23, 80.71, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.0577 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.194 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6076, 6.3310, 40.6466)
Luminance	0.0633 (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

#4E2AAE #8AAE2A

analogous

#2A48AE #4E2AAE #902AAE

triadic

#4E2AAE #AE4E2A #2AAE4E

tetradic

#4E2AAE #AE2A48 #8AAE2A #2AAE90

square

#4E2AAE #AE2A48 #8AAE2A #2AAE90

split-complementary

#4E2AAE #AE902A #48AE2A

monochromatic

#22124B #381E7D #4E2AAE #6A43D2 #9175DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#4E2AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E2AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AAE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AAE	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.194 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68c7',
    500: '#4e2aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2aae;
$custom-light: #8a68c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42037,
    "c": 0.19378,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AAE

secondary

#AEC56F

accent

#E444B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AAE

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