#4E2CA2#4E2CA2

#4E2CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.177 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CA2
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 72.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.49, 44.33, -58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.49, 73.23, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.059 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.178 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5623, 6.0292, 34.7826)
Luminance	0.0603 (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

#4E2CA2 #80A22C

analogous

#2C45A2 #4E2CA2 #892CA2

triadic

#4E2CA2 #A24E2C #2CA24E

tetradic

#4E2CA2 #A22C45 #80A22C #2CA289

square

#4E2CA2 #A22C45 #80A22C #2CA289

split-complementary

#4E2CA2 #A2892C #45A22C

monochromatic

#201242 #371F72 #4E2CA2 #6840CB #8E70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4E2CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E2CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CA2

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CA2	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.177 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868bf',
    500: '#4e2ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ca2;
$custom-light: #8868bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.288,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41173,
    "c": 0.1775,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CA2

secondary

#A7BF6A

accent

#E147B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CA2

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

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