#4E2CC9#4E2CC9

#4E2CC9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.223 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2CC9
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 201)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(253, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 78.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 55.53, -75.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 93.60, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% 0.0488 -0.2173)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.223 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5819, 7.6371, 55.9527)
Luminance	0.0764 (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

#4E2CC9 #A7C92C

analogous

#2C58C9 #4E2CC9 #9D2CC9

triadic

#4E2CC9 #C94E2C #2CC94E

tetradic

#4E2CC9 #C92C58 #A7C92C #2CC99D

square

#4E2CC9 #C92C58 #A7C92C #2CC99D

split-complementary

#4E2CC9 #C99D2C #58C92C

monochromatic

#271665 #3B2197 #4E2CC9 #7458DA #9E8AE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#4E2CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E2CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2CC9

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2CC9	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.223 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6adb',
    500: '#4e2cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2cc9;
$custom-light: #8f6adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.994,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44919,
    "c": 0.2227,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2CC9

secondary

#BECF82

accent

#E741C3

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2CC9

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

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