#4E2BA7#4E2BA7

#4E2BA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.185 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BA7
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 167)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 74.3%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 46.28, -60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 76.47, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% 0.0587 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.185 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9788, 6.1369, 37.1578)
Luminance	0.0614 (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

#4E2BA7 #84A72B

analogous

#2B46A7 #4E2BA7 #8C2BA7

triadic

#4E2BA7 #A74E2B #2BA74E

tetradic

#4E2BA7 #A72B46 #84A72B #2BA78C

square

#4E2BA7 #A72B46 #84A72B #2BA78C

split-complementary

#4E2BA7 #A78C2B #46A72B

monochromatic

#211246 #371E76 #4E2BA7 #6941CE #8F72DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#4E2BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E2BA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BA7

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BA7	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.185 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c2',
    500: '#4e2ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ba7;
$custom-light: #8968c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.935,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41502,
    "c": 0.18456,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BA7

secondary

#AAC26C

accent

#E246B6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BA7

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