#4E2CB4#4E2CB4

#4E2CB4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.199 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CB4
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 180)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 75.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 49.52, -66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 82.81, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.0546 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.199 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2783, 6.7156, 43.8204)
Luminance	0.0672 (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

#4E2CB4 #92B42C

analogous

#2C4EB4 #4E2CB4 #922CB4

triadic

#4E2CB4 #B44E2C #2CB44E

tetradic

#4E2CB4 #B42C4E #92B42C #2CB492

square

#4E2CB4 #B42C4E #92B42C #2CB492

split-complementary

#4E2CB4 #B4922C #4EB42C

monochromatic

#231452 #392083 #4E2CB4 #6C4AD3 #947CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#4E2CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E2CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CB4

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CB4	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D526E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.199 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69cc',
    500: '#4e2cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cb4;
$custom-light: #8b69cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42855,
    "c": 0.19873,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CB4

secondary

#B3C775

accent

#E444BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CB4

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

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