#4E2AC4#4E2AC4

#4E2AC4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.219 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AC4
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 196)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 78.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 55.03, -73.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 92.04, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% 0.0514 -0.2127)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.219 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9306, 7.2602, 52.8811)
Luminance	0.0726 (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

#4E2AC4 #A0C42A

analogous

#2A53C4 #4E2AC4 #9B2AC4

triadic

#4E2AC4 #C44E2A #2AC44E

tetradic

#4E2AC4 #C42A53 #A0C42A #2AC49B

square

#4E2AC4 #C42A53 #A0C42A #2AC49B

split-complementary

#4E2AC4 #C49B2A #53C42A

monochromatic

#26145F #3A1F92 #4E2AC4 #7151DA #9A84E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4E2AC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E2AC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AC4

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AC4	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.219 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69d7',
    500: '#4e2ac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ac4;
$custom-light: #8e69d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.026,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44195,
    "c": 0.21882,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AC4

secondary

#BBCE7C

accent

#E840C1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AC4

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

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