#4E2BA6#4E2BA6

#4E2BA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.183 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BA6
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 166)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 74.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.66, 46.00, -60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.66, 75.94, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.41% 0.0589 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(41.41% 0.183 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8867, 6.1001, 36.6728)
Luminance	0.0610 (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

#4E2BA6 #83A62B

analogous

#2B45A6 #4E2BA6 #8B2BA6

triadic

#4E2BA6 #A64E2B #2BA64E

tetradic

#4E2BA6 #A62B45 #83A62B #2BA68B

square

#4E2BA6 #A62B45 #83A62B #2BA68B

split-complementary

#4E2BA6 #A68B2B #45A62B

monochromatic

#201245 #371E75 #4E2BA6 #6941CE #8F71DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4E2BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E2BA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BA6

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BA6	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.183 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c1',
    500: '#4e2ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ba6;
$custom-light: #8968c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.073,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41409,
    "c": 0.18337,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BA6

secondary

#A9C16B

accent

#E246B6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BA6

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

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