#4E2AB3#4E2AB3

#4E2AB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.200 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AB3
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 179)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 76.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 50.22, -66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 83.33, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.0563 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.2 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1041, 6.5296, 43.2616)
Luminance	0.0653 (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

#4E2AB3 #8FB32A

analogous

#2A4BB3 #4E2AB3 #922AB3

triadic

#4E2AB3 #B34E2A #2AB34E

tetradic

#4E2AB3 #B32A4B #8FB32A #2AB392

square

#4E2AB3 #B32A4B #8FB32A #2AB392

split-complementary

#4E2AB3 #B3922A #4BB32A

monochromatic

#231350 #381E81 #4E2AB3 #6C46D4 #9378DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#4E2AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E2AB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AB3

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AB3	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.200 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68cb',
    500: '#4e2ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ab3;
$custom-light: #8b68cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.766,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42518,
    "c": 0.19954,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AB3

secondary

#B1C772

accent

#E543BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AB3

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

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