#4E2BA2#4E2BA2

#4E2BA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.179 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BA2
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 162)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 73.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.30, 44.85, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.30, 73.79, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% 0.0598 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.179 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5255, 5.9556, 34.7704)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2BA2 #7FA22B

analogous

#2B43A2 #4E2BA2 #892BA2

triadic

#4E2BA2 #A24E2B #2BA24E

tetradic

#4E2BA2 #A22B43 #7FA22B #2BA289

square

#4E2BA2 #A22B43 #7FA22B #2BA289

split-complementary

#4E2BA2 #A2892B #43A22B

monochromatic

#1F1141 #371E72 #4E2BA2 #683ECC #8E6FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4E2BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E2BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BA2

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BA2	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.179 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868bf',
    500: '#4e2ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ba2;
$custom-light: #8868bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41041,
    "c": 0.17864,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BA2

secondary

#A6C069

accent

#E147B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BA2

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

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