#4E2BA1#4E2BA1

#4E2BA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.177 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BA1
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 161)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 73.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, 44.56, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 73.25, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.0601 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.177 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4369, 5.9202, 34.3041)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2BA1 #7EA12B

analogous

#2B43A1 #4E2BA1 #892BA1

triadic

#4E2BA1 #A14E2B #2BA14E

tetradic

#4E2BA1 #A12B43 #7EA12B #2BA189

square

#4E2BA1 #A12B43 #7EA12B #2BA189

split-complementary

#4E2BA1 #A1892B #43A12B

monochromatic

#1F1140 #371E71 #4E2BA1 #683ECB #8E6ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4E2BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E2BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BA1

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BA1	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.177 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868be',
    500: '#4e2ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ba1;
$custom-light: #8868be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.797,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4095,
    "c": 0.17744,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BA1

secondary

#A6BF69

accent

#E147B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BA1

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

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