#4E2CC8#4E2CC8

#4E2CC8 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.222 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CC8
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 200)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 78%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 55.25, -74.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 93.09, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% 0.0491 -0.2161)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.222 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4647, 7.5902, 55.3352)
Luminance	0.0759 (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

#4E2CC8 #A6C82C

analogous

#2C58C8 #4E2CC8 #9C2CC8

triadic

#4E2CC8 #C84E2C #2CC84E

tetradic

#4E2CC8 #C82C58 #A6C82C #2CC89C

square

#4E2CC8 #C82C58 #A6C82C #2CC89C

split-complementary

#4E2CC8 #C89C2C #58C82C

monochromatic

#271664 #3A2196 #4E2CC8 #7457DA #9D89E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#4E2CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E2CC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CC8

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CC8	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.222 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ada',
    500: '#4e2cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cc8;
$custom-light: #8e6ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.077,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44819,
    "c": 0.22158,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CC8

secondary

#BECF81

accent

#E741C3

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CC8

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

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