#4E2AC7#4E2AC7

#4E2AC7 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.222 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AC7
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 199)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 55.88, -75.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 93.55, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.0506 -0.2163)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.222 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2755, 7.3982, 54.6975)
Luminance	0.0740 (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

#4E2AC7 #A3C72A

analogous

#2A55C7 #4E2AC7 #9D2AC7

triadic

#4E2AC7 #C74E2A #2AC74E

tetradic

#4E2AC7 #C72A55 #A3C72A #2AC79D

square

#4E2AC7 #C72A55 #A3C72A #2AC79D

split-complementary

#4E2AC7 #C79D2A #55C72A

monochromatic

#261562 #3A1F94 #4E2AC7 #7253DB #9C86E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#4E2AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E2AC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AC7

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AC7	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.222 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e69d9',
    500: '#4e2ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ac7;
$custom-light: #8e69d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.758,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44498,
    "c": 0.22218,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AC7

secondary

#BCCF7E

accent

#E840C1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AC7

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

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