#4E2CAD#4E2CAD

#4E2CAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.191 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CAD
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 173)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 47.50, -63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 79.12, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0564 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.191 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5832, 6.4376, 40.1593)
Luminance	0.0644 (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

#4E2CAD #8BAD2C

analogous

#2C4AAD #4E2CAD #8F2CAD

triadic

#4E2CAD #AD4E2C #2CAD4E

tetradic

#4E2CAD #AD2C4A #8BAD2C #2CAD8F

square

#4E2CAD #AD2C4A #8BAD2C #2CAD8F

split-complementary

#4E2CAD #AD8F2C #4AAD2C

monochromatic

#22134B #38207C #4E2CAD #6B46D0 #9277DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E2CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E2CAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CAD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CAD	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.191 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69c7',
    500: '#4e2cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cad;
$custom-light: #8a69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.814,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4219,
    "c": 0.19055,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CAD

secondary

#AEC471

accent

#E345B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CAD

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

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