#4E2BB2#4E2BB2

#4E2BB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.197 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BB2
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 178)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 75.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 49.44, -65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 82.29, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.0559 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.197 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0392, 6.5611, 42.7429)
Luminance	0.0656 (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

#4E2BB2 #8FB22B

analogous

#2B4BB2 #4E2BB2 #912BB2

triadic

#4E2BB2 #B24E2B #2BB24E

tetradic

#4E2BB2 #B22B4B #8FB22B #2BB291

square

#4E2BB2 #B22B4B #8FB22B #2BB291

split-complementary

#4E2BB2 #B2912B #4BB22B

monochromatic

#23134F #381F81 #4E2BB2 #6C48D3 #9379DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E2BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E2BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BB2

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BB2	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.197 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69ca',
    500: '#4e2bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2bb2;
$custom-light: #8b69ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42541,
    "c": 0.19741,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BB2

secondary

#B1C772

accent

#E444BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BB2

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

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