#4E2DA3#4E2DA3

#4E2DA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.178 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2DA3
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 163)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 44.09, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 73.21, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.4% 0.0579 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(41.4% 0.178 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.6892, 6.1403, 35.2652)
Luminance	0.0614 (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

#4E2DA3 #82A32D

analogous

#2D47A3 #4E2DA3 #892DA3

triadic

#4E2DA3 #A34E2D #2DA34E

tetradic

#4E2DA3 #A32D47 #82A32D #2DA389

square

#4E2DA3 #A32D47 #82A32D #2DA389

split-complementary

#4E2DA3 #A3892D #47A32D

monochromatic

#201343 #372073 #4E2DA3 #6842CB #8F72D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4E2DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E2DA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2DA3

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2DA3	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.178 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869bf',
    500: '#4e2da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2da3;
$custom-light: #8869bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.78,
    "s": 56.731,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41397,
    "c": 0.17757,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.06141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2DA3

secondary

#A8C06C

accent

#E048B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2DA3

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

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