#4E2BA9#4E2BA9

#4E2BA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.187 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BA9
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 46.86, -61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 77.54, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.0582 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.187 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1651, 6.2115, 38.1390)
Luminance	0.0621 (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

#4E2BA9 #86A92B

analogous

#2B47A9 #4E2BA9 #8D2BA9

triadic

#4E2BA9 #A94E2B #2BA94E

tetradic

#4E2BA9 #A92B47 #86A92B #2BA98D

square

#4E2BA9 #A92B47 #86A92B #2BA98D

split-complementary

#4E2BA9 #A98D2B #47A92B

monochromatic

#211247 #371F78 #4E2BA9 #6942CF #9073DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#4E2BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E2BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BA9

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BA9	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.187 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c4',
    500: '#4e2ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ba9;
$custom-light: #8968c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41689,
    "c": 0.18691,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BA9

secondary

#ABC36D

accent

#E345B7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BA9

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

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