#4E2BAA#4E2BAA

#4E2BAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.188 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BAA
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 170)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.03, 47.15, -62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.03, 78.07, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.0579 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.188 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2593, 6.2492, 38.6353)
Luminance	0.0625 (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

#4E2BAA #87AA2B

analogous

#2B48AA #4E2BAA #8D2BAA

triadic

#4E2BAA #AA4E2B #2BAA4E

tetradic

#4E2BAA #AA2B48 #87AA2B #2BAA8D

square

#4E2BAA #AA2B48 #87AA2B #2BAA8D

split-complementary

#4E2BAA #AA8D2B #48AA2B

monochromatic

#211248 #381F79 #4E2BAA #6A43CF #9074DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4E2BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E2BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BAA

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BAA	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.188 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c4',
    500: '#4e2baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2baa;
$custom-light: #8968c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.535,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41782,
    "c": 0.18808,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BAA

secondary

#ACC36E

accent

#E345B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BAA

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

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