#4E2CB5#4E2CB5

#4E2CB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.200 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CB5
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 181)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 75.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 49.81, -66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 83.33, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.0543 -0.1924)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.2 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3805, 6.7565, 44.3589)
Luminance	0.0676 (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

#4E2CB5 #93B52C

analogous

#2C4EB5 #4E2CB5 #932CB5

triadic

#4E2CB5 #B54E2C #2CB54E

tetradic

#4E2CB5 #B52C4E #93B52C #2CB593

square

#4E2CB5 #B52C4E #93B52C #2CB593

split-complementary

#4E2CB5 #B5932C #4EB52C

monochromatic

#241453 #392084 #4E2CB5 #6D4BD3 #957CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#4E2CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E2CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CB5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CB5	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.200 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69cc',
    500: '#4e2cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cb5;
$custom-light: #8b69cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.891,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42951,
    "c": 0.19989,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CB5

secondary

#B3C875

accent

#E444BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CB5

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

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