#4E2CB6#4E2CB6

#4E2CB6 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.201 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CB6
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 182)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 50.10, -67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 83.85, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.0541 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.201 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4835, 6.7977, 44.9012)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.07

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2CB6 #94B62C

analogous

#2C4FB6 #4E2CB6 #932CB6

triadic

#4E2CB6 #B64E2C #2CB64E

tetradic

#4E2CB6 #B62C4F #94B62C #2CB693

square

#4E2CB6 #B62C4F #94B62C #2CB693

split-complementary

#4E2CB6 #B6932C #4FB62C

monochromatic

#241453 #392085 #4E2CB6 #6D4CD4 #957DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E2CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E2CB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CB6

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CB6	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.201 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b69cd',
    500: '#4e2cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cb6;
$custom-light: #8b69cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.783,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43047,
    "c": 0.20104,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CB6

secondary

#B4C876

accent

#E444BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CB6

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

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