#4E2DAE#4E2DAE

#4E2DAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.191 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2DAE
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 47.28, -63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 79.11, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0553 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.191 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7180, 6.5518, 40.6834)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2DAE #8DAE2D

analogous

#2D4CAE #4E2DAE #8E2DAE

triadic

#4E2DAE #AE4E2D #2DAE4E

tetradic

#4E2DAE #AE2D4C #8DAE2D #2DAE8E

square

#4E2DAE #AE2D4C #8DAE2D #2DAE8E

split-complementary

#4E2DAE #AE8E2D #4CAE2D

monochromatic

#22144D #38207D #4E2DAE #6B48D0 #9279DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4E2DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E2DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2DAE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2DAE	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.191 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69c7',
    500: '#4e2dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2dae;
$custom-light: #8a69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.349,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42411,
    "c": 0.19068,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2DAE

secondary

#AFC472

accent

#E246BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2DAE

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

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