#4E2AB2#4E2AB2

#4E2AB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.198 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AB2
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 178)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 76.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 49.93, -66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 82.80, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.0566 -0.1902)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.198 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0033, 6.4893, 42.7309)
Luminance	0.0649 (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

#4E2AB2 #8EB22A

analogous

#2A4AB2 #4E2AB2 #922AB2

triadic

#4E2AB2 #B24E2A #2AB24E

tetradic

#4E2AB2 #B22A4A #8EB22A #2AB292

square

#4E2AB2 #B22A4A #8EB22A #2AB292

split-complementary

#4E2AB2 #B2922A #4AB22A

monochromatic

#23134F #381E80 #4E2AB2 #6B46D3 #9377DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#4E2AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E2AB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AB2

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AB2	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.198 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68ca',
    500: '#4e2ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ab2;
$custom-light: #8b68ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42421,
    "c": 0.19839,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AB2

secondary

#B0C771

accent

#E543BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AB2

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

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