#4E2DAC#4E2DAC

#4E2DAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.188 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2DAC
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 172)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 46.70, -62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 78.05, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.0558 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.188 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5245, 6.4744, 39.6642)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.50

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2DAC #8BAC2D

analogous

#2D4BAC #4E2DAC #8E2DAC

triadic

#4E2DAC #AC4E2D #2DAC4E

tetradic

#4E2DAC #AC2D4B #8BAC2D #2DAC8E

square

#4E2DAC #AC2D4B #8BAC2D #2DAC8E

split-complementary

#4E2DAC #AC8E2D #4BAC2D

monochromatic

#22144B #38207B #4E2DAC #6B47CF #9278DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4E2DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E2DAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2DAC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2DAC	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.188 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69c6',
    500: '#4e2dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2dac;
$custom-light: #8a69c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.591,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42224,
    "c": 0.18831,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2DAC

secondary

#AEC471

accent

#E246B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2DAC

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

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