#4E2CAE#4E2CAE

#4E2CAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.192 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CAE
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 47.79, -63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 79.65, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.0561 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.192 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.6803, 6.4764, 40.6708)
Luminance	0.0648 (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

#4E2CAE #8CAE2C

analogous

#2C4BAE #4E2CAE #8F2CAE

triadic

#4E2CAE #AE4E2C #2CAE4E

tetradic

#4E2CAE #AE2C4B #8CAE2C #2CAE8F

square

#4E2CAE #AE2C4B #8CAE2C #2CAE8F

split-complementary

#4E2CAE #AE8F2C #4BAE2C

monochromatic

#22134C #38207D #4E2CAE #6B47D0 #9278DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4E2CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E2CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CAE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CAE	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.192 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69c7',
    500: '#4e2cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cae;
$custom-light: #8a69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.692,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42284,
    "c": 0.19172,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.06477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CAE

secondary

#AFC571

accent

#E345BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CAE

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

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