#4E2CAC#4E2CAC

#4E2CAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.189 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CAC
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 172)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 74.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, 47.22, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 78.59, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.0566 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.189 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4868, 6.3990, 39.6516)
Luminance	0.0640 (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

#4E2CAC #8AAC2C

analogous

#2C4AAC #4E2CAC #8E2CAC

triadic

#4E2CAC #AC4E2C #2CAC4E

tetradic

#4E2CAC #AC2C4A #8AAC2C #2CAC8E

square

#4E2CAC #AC2C4A #8AAC2C #2CAC8E

split-complementary

#4E2CAC #AC8E2C #4AAC2C

monochromatic

#22134B #38207B #4E2CAC #6A46D0 #9176DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4E2CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E2CAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CAC

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CAC	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.189 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69c6',
    500: '#4e2cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cac;
$custom-light: #8a69c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.938,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42096,
    "c": 0.18937,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CAC

secondary

#AEC470

accent

#E245B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CAC

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

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