#4E2BA8#4E2BA8

#4E2BA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.186 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BA8
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.85, 46.57, -61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.85, 77.00, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.6% 0.0584 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(41.6% 0.186 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0716, 6.1741, 37.6465)
Luminance	0.0617 (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

#4E2BA8 #85A82B

analogous

#2B47A8 #4E2BA8 #8D2BA8

triadic

#4E2BA8 #A84E2B #2BA84E

tetradic

#4E2BA8 #A82B47 #85A82B #2BA88D

square

#4E2BA8 #A82B47 #85A82B #2BA88D

split-complementary

#4E2BA8 #A88D2B #47A82B

monochromatic

#211247 #371F77 #4E2BA8 #6942CF #9072DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4E2BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E2BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BA8

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BA8	1.00	9.40	2.24	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.186 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c3',
    500: '#4e2ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ba8;
$custom-light: #8968c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41595,
    "c": 0.18573,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BA8

secondary

#AAC26C

accent

#E245B6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BA8

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

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