#4E2BB9#4E2BB9

#4E2BB9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.205 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BB9
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 185)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 76.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 51.44, -68.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 85.93, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.054 -0.1982)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.205 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7601, 6.8495, 46.5392)
Luminance	0.0685 (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

#4E2BB9 #96B92B

analogous

#2B4FB9 #4E2BB9 #952BB9

triadic

#4E2BB9 #B94E2B #2BB94E

tetradic

#4E2BB9 #B92B4F #96B92B #2BB995

square

#4E2BB9 #B92B4F #96B92B #2BB995

split-complementary

#4E2BB9 #B9952B #4FB92B

monochromatic

#241456 #391F87 #4E2BB9 #6E4CD5 #967EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E2BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E2BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BB9

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BB9	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#145471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.205 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69cf',
    500: '#4e2bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2bb9;
$custom-light: #8c69cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.789,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43219,
    "c": 0.20546,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BB9

secondary

#B5C976

accent

#E542BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BB9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →