#4E2BCA#4E2BCA

#4E2BCA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.225 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BCA
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 202)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(253, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 78.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 56.27, -76.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 94.58, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.91% 0.0491 -0.2192)
OKLCH	oklch(44.91% 0.225 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6631, 7.6107, 56.5620)
Luminance	0.0761 (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

#4E2BCA #A7CA2B

analogous

#2B57CA #4E2BCA #9E2BCA

triadic

#4E2BCA #CA4E2B #2BCA4E

tetradic

#4E2BCA #CA2B57 #A7CA2B #2BCA9E

square

#4E2BCA #CA2B57 #A7CA2B #2BCA9E

split-complementary

#4E2BCA #CA9E2B #57CA2B

monochromatic

#271665 #3B2098 #4E2BCA #7457DB #9E89E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#4E2BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E2BCA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BCA

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BCA	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.225 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6adc',
    500: '#4e2bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2bca;
$custom-light: #8f6adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.208,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4491,
    "c": 0.22468,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BCA

secondary

#BED081

accent

#E840C3

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BCA

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

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