#4E2CAB#4E2CAB

#4E2CAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.188 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CAB
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 171)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 74.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 46.93, -62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 78.06, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.0569 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.188 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3911, 6.3608, 39.1477)
Luminance	0.0636 (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

#4E2CAB #89AB2C

analogous

#2C4AAB #4E2CAB #8E2CAB

triadic

#4E2CAB #AB4E2C #2CAB4E

tetradic

#4E2CAB #AB2C4A #89AB2C #2CAB8E

square

#4E2CAB #AB2C4A #89AB2C #2CAB8E

split-complementary

#4E2CAB #AB8E2C #4AAB2C

monochromatic

#22134A #381F7A #4E2CAB #6A45CF #9176DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4E2CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E2CAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CAB

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CAB	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.188 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69c5',
    500: '#4e2cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cab;
$custom-light: #8a69c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.063,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42003,
    "c": 0.1882,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CAB

secondary

#ADC36F

accent

#E246B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CAB

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

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