#4E2AC3#4E2AC3

#4E2AC3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.218 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AC3
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 195)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(254, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 78.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 54.75, -73.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 91.54, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.0517 -0.2115)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.218 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8171, 7.2148, 52.2837)
Luminance	0.0722 (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

#4E2AC3 #9FC32A

analogous

#2A52C3 #4E2AC3 #9B2AC3

triadic

#4E2AC3 #C34E2A #2AC34E

tetradic

#4E2AC3 #C32A52 #9FC32A #2AC39B

square

#4E2AC3 #C32A52 #9FC32A #2AC39B

split-complementary

#4E2AC3 #C39B2A #52C32A

monochromatic

#26145E #3A1F91 #4E2AC3 #7151D9 #9A83E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#4E2AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E2AC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AC3

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AC3	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.218 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69d6',
    500: '#4e2ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ac3;
$custom-light: #8e69d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44095,
    "c": 0.21771,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AC3

secondary

#BACD7B

accent

#E840C0

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AC3

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

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