#4E2CB0#4E2CB0

#4E2CB0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.194 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CB0
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 176)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 75%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 48.37, -64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 80.71, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.0556 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.194 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8767, 6.5550, 41.7053)
Luminance	0.0656 (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

#4E2CB0 #8EB02C

analogous

#2C4CB0 #4E2CB0 #902CB0

triadic

#4E2CB0 #B04E2C #2CB04E

tetradic

#4E2CB0 #B02C4C #8EB02C #2CB090

square

#4E2CB0 #B02C4C #8EB02C #2CB090

split-complementary

#4E2CB0 #B0902C #4CB02C

monochromatic

#23144E #38207F #4E2CB0 #6B48D1 #9379DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4E2CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E2CB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CB0

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CB0	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.194 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69c9',
    500: '#4e2cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cb0;
$custom-light: #8a69c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.455,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42473,
    "c": 0.19406,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CB0

secondary

#B0C672

accent

#E345BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CB0

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

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