#4E2DA5#4E2DA5

#4E2DA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.180 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2DA5
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 165)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, 44.67, -59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 74.29, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.0574 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.18 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8698, 6.2126, 36.2164)
Luminance	0.0621 (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

#4E2DA5 #84A52D

analogous

#2D48A5 #4E2DA5 #8A2DA5

triadic

#4E2DA5 #A54E2D #2DA54E

tetradic

#4E2DA5 #A52D48 #84A52D #2DA58A

square

#4E2DA5 #A52D48 #84A52D #2DA58A

split-complementary

#4E2DA5 #A58A2D #48A52D

monochromatic

#211345 #372075 #4E2DA5 #6943CC #8F73D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#4E2DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E2DA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2DA5

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2DA5	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.180 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969c1',
    500: '#4e2da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2da5;
$custom-light: #8969c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41579,
    "c": 0.17996,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2DA5

secondary

#AAC16D

accent

#E047B6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2DA5

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

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