#4E2CA7#4E2CA7

#4E2CA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.183 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CA7
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 167)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 45.77, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 75.92, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.0578 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.183 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0156, 6.2106, 37.1701)
Luminance	0.0621 (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

#4E2CA7 #85A72C

analogous

#2C48A7 #4E2CA7 #8C2CA7

triadic

#4E2CA7 #A74E2C #2CA74E

tetradic

#4E2CA7 #A72C48 #85A72C #2CA78C

square

#4E2CA7 #A72C48 #85A72C #2CA78C

split-complementary

#4E2CA7 #A78C2C #48A72C

monochromatic

#211246 #371F77 #4E2CA7 #6943CD #9073DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4E2CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E2CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CA7

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CA7	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.183 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969c2',
    500: '#4e2ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ca7;
$custom-light: #8969c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.585,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41631,
    "c": 0.18347,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CA7

secondary

#AAC26D

accent

#E246B7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CA7

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

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