#4E2BAE#4E2BAE

#4E2BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.193 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BAE
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.41, 48.29, -64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.41, 80.19, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.0569 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.193 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6435, 6.4028, 40.6585)
Luminance	0.0640 (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

#4E2BAE #8BAE2B

analogous

#2B49AE #4E2BAE #902BAE

triadic

#4E2BAE #AE4E2B #2BAE4E

tetradic

#4E2BAE #AE2B49 #8BAE2B #2BAE90

square

#4E2BAE #AE2B49 #8BAE2B #2BAE90

split-complementary

#4E2BAE #AE902B #49AE2B

monochromatic

#22134C #381F7D #4E2BAE #6B45D1 #9276DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4E2BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E2BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BAE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BAE	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.193 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68c7',
    500: '#4e2bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2bae;
$custom-light: #8a68c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.031,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4216,
    "c": 0.19276,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BAE

secondary

#AEC570

accent

#E444B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BAE

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