#4E2CA0#4E2CA0

#4E2CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.175 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CA0
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 160)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 72.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 43.75, -57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 72.15, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0594 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.175 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3859, 5.9587, 33.8538)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2CA0 #7EA02C

analogous

#2C44A0 #4E2CA0 #882CA0

triadic

#4E2CA0 #A04E2C #2CA04E

tetradic

#4E2CA0 #A02C44 #7EA02C #2CA088

square

#4E2CA0 #A02C44 #7EA02C #2CA088

split-complementary

#4E2CA0 #A0882C #44A02C

monochromatic

#1F1240 #371F70 #4E2CA0 #683FCA #8E6FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4E2CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E2CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CA0

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CA0	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.175 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868bd',
    500: '#4e2ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ca0;
$custom-light: #8868bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.586,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40991,
    "c": 0.17511,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CA0

secondary

#A6BF69

accent

#E048B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CA0

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

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