#4E2DB3#4E2DB3

#4E2DB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.197 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2DB3
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 179)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 74.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 48.73, -65.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 81.75, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.0541 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.197 286)
XYZ	xyz(12.2145, 6.7504, 43.2984)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.45

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2DB3 #92B32D

analogous

#2D4FB3 #4E2DB3 #912DB3

triadic

#4E2DB3 #B34E2D #2DB34E

tetradic

#4E2DB3 #B32D4F #92B32D #2DB391

square

#4E2DB3 #B32D4F #92B32D #2DB391

split-complementary

#4E2DB3 #B3912D #4FB32D

monochromatic

#231451 #392182 #4E2DB3 #6C4BD2 #947CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4E2DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E2DB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2DB3

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2DB3	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E526E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.197 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6acb',
    500: '#4e2db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2db3;
$custom-light: #8b6acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.776,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42883,
    "c": 0.19655,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.06751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2DB3

secondary

#B3C775

accent

#E345BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2DB3

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

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