#4E2CA4#4E2CA4

#4E2CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.180 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CA4
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.67, 44.90, -59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.67, 74.31, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.36% 0.0585 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(41.36% 0.18 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.7415, 6.1009, 35.7264)
Luminance	0.0610 (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

#4E2CA4 #82A42C

analogous

#2C46A4 #4E2CA4 #8A2CA4

triadic

#4E2CA4 #A44E2C #2CA44E

tetradic

#4E2CA4 #A42C46 #82A42C #2CA48A

square

#4E2CA4 #A42C46 #82A42C #2CA48A

split-complementary

#4E2CA4 #A48A2C #46A42C

monochromatic

#201243 #371F74 #4E2CA4 #6841CC #8F71D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#4E2CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E2CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CA4

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CA4	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.180 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868c0',
    500: '#4e2ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ca4;
$custom-light: #8868c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41355,
    "c": 0.1799,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.06101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CA4

secondary

#A8C06B

accent

#E147B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CA4

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

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