#4E2BAB#4E2BAB

#4E2BAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.189 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BAB
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 171)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 74.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, 47.43, -62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 78.60, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.0577 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.189 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3543, 6.2872, 39.1354)
Luminance	0.0629 (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

#4E2BAB #88AB2B

analogous

#2B48AB #4E2BAB #8E2BAB

triadic

#4E2BAB #AB4E2B #2BAB4E

tetradic

#4E2BAB #AB2B48 #88AB2B #2BAB8E

square

#4E2BAB #AB2B48 #88AB2B #2BAB8E

split-complementary

#4E2BAB #AB8E2B #48AB2B

monochromatic

#211249 #381F7A #4E2BAB #6A43D0 #9174DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E2BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E2BAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BAB

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BAB	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.189 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68c5',
    500: '#4e2bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2bab;
$custom-light: #8a68c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.406,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41876,
    "c": 0.18926,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BAB

secondary

#ACC46E

accent

#E345B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BAB

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

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