#4E2BA5#4E2BA5

#4E2BA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.182 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BA5
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.57, 45.71, -59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.57, 75.40, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% 0.0591 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.182 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7953, 6.0636, 36.1916)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.22

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2BA5 #82A52B

analogous

#2B45A5 #4E2BA5 #8B2BA5

triadic

#4E2BA5 #A54E2B #2BA54E

tetradic

#4E2BA5 #A52B45 #82A52B #2BA58B

square

#4E2BA5 #A52B45 #82A52B #2BA58B

split-complementary

#4E2BA5 #A58B2B #45A52B

monochromatic

#201244 #371E74 #4E2BA5 #6840CD #8F71DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E2BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E2BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BA5

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BA5	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.182 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c1',
    500: '#4e2ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ba5;
$custom-light: #8968c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.213,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41317,
    "c": 0.18219,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BA5

secondary

#A8C16B

accent

#E246B5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BA5

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

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