#4E2CB9#4E2CB9

#4E2CB9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.204 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CB9
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 185)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 76.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 50.96, -68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 85.41, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.0533 -0.1974)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.205 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7969, 6.9231, 46.5515)
Luminance	0.0692 (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

#4E2CB9 #97B92C

analogous

#2C51B9 #4E2CB9 #942CB9

triadic

#4E2CB9 #B94E2C #2CB94E

tetradic

#4E2CB9 #B92C51 #97B92C #2CB994

square

#4E2CB9 #B92C51 #97B92C #2CB994

split-complementary

#4E2CB9 #B9942C #51B92C

monochromatic

#241456 #392088 #4E2CB9 #6E4DD5 #967FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4E2CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E2CB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CB9

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CB9	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#145471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.204 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69cf',
    500: '#4e2cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cb9;
$custom-light: #8c69cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.468,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43337,
    "c": 0.2045,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CB9

secondary

#B6C978

accent

#E543BE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CB9

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

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