#4E2BE2#4E2BE2

#4E2BE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.251 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2BE2
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 226)
HSL	hsl(251, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 81%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.67, 62.97, -85.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.67, 106.37, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.39% 0.0419 -0.2475)
OKLCH	oklch(47.39% 0.251 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7288, 8.8370, 72.7082)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2BE2 #BFE22B

analogous

#2B64E2 #4E2BE2 #A92BE2

triadic

#4E2BE2 #E24E2B #2BE24E

tetradic

#4E2BE2 #E22B64 #BFE22B #2BE2A9

square

#4E2BE2 #E22B64 #BFE22B #2BE2A9

split-complementary

#4E2BE2 #E2A92B #64E22B

monochromatic

#271281 #3719B7 #4E2BE2 #7B61E9 #A897F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#4E2BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#4E2BE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2BE2

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2BE2	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.251 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#936bed',
    500: '#4e2be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2be2;
$custom-light: #936bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.475,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47387,
    "c": 0.25104,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2BE2

secondary

#CDDC8D

accent

#F335CE

background

#FAF6FE

surface

#F3ECFD

border

#CDC7D5

text

#0F0717

muted

#7F7A85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2BE2

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

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