#4E2AC9#4E2AC9

#4E2AC9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.224 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2AC9
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 201)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 79.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.90, 56.44, -75.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.90, 94.55, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(44.7% 0.05 -0.2188)
OKLCH	oklch(44.7% 0.224 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5092, 7.4917, 55.9285)
Luminance	0.0749 (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

#4E2AC9 #A5C92A

analogous

#2A55C9 #4E2AC9 #9E2AC9

triadic

#4E2AC9 #C94E2A #2AC94E

tetradic

#4E2AC9 #C92A55 #A5C92A #2AC99E

square

#4E2AC9 #C92A55 #A5C92A #2AC99E

split-complementary

#4E2AC9 #C99E2A #55C92A

monochromatic

#271564 #3A1F96 #4E2AC9 #7355DB #9D87E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#4E2AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E2AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2AC9

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2AC9	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.224 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69db',
    500: '#4e2ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ac9;
$custom-light: #8f69db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.447,
    "c": 0.22441,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2AC9

secondary

#BDD07F

accent

#E83FC2

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2AC9

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