#4E2CA1#4E2CA1

#4E2CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.176 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CA1
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.40, 44.04, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.40, 72.69, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.0592 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.176 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4737, 5.9938, 34.3164)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.56

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2CA1 #7FA12C

analogous

#2C44A1 #4E2CA1 #882CA1

triadic

#4E2CA1 #A14E2C #2CA14E

tetradic

#4E2CA1 #A12C44 #7FA12C #2CA188

square

#4E2CA1 #A12C44 #7FA12C #2CA188

split-complementary

#4E2CA1 #A1882C #44A12C

monochromatic

#1F1241 #371F71 #4E2CA1 #6840CB #8E70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#4E2CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E2CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CA1

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CA1	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.176 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868be',
    500: '#4e2ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ca1;
$custom-light: #8868be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.436,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41082,
    "c": 0.17631,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CA1

secondary

#A6BF6A

accent

#E047B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CA1

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

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