#4E2CA5#4E2CA5

#4E2CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.181 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CA5
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 45.19, -59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 74.85, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.45% 0.0583 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(41.45% 0.181 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8321, 6.1372, 36.2038)
Luminance	0.0614 (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

#4E2CA5 #83A52C

analogous

#2C46A5 #4E2CA5 #8A2CA5

triadic

#4E2CA5 #A54E2C #2CA54E

tetradic

#4E2CA5 #A52C46 #83A52C #2CA58A

square

#4E2CA5 #A52C46 #83A52C #2CA58A

split-complementary

#4E2CA5 #A58A2C #46A52C

monochromatic

#201244 #371F75 #4E2CA5 #6942CD #8F72D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#4E2CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E2CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CA5

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CA5	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.181 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968c1',
    500: '#4e2ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ca5;
$custom-light: #8968c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.86,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41447,
    "c": 0.18108,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CA5

secondary

#A9C16C

accent

#E147B6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CA5

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

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