#4E2DB9#4E2DB9

#4E2DB9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.204 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2DB9
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 185)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 75.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 50.47, -68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 84.89, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.0526 -0.1966)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.204 285)
XYZ	xyz(12.8346, 6.9985, 46.5641)
Luminance	0.0700 (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

#4E2DB9 #98B92D

analogous

#2D52B9 #4E2DB9 #942DB9

triadic

#4E2DB9 #B94E2D #2DB94E

tetradic

#4E2DB9 #B92D52 #98B92D #2DB994

square

#4E2DB9 #B92D52 #98B92D #2DB994

split-complementary

#4E2DB9 #B9942D #52B92D

monochromatic

#241557 #392188 #4E2DB9 #6E4FD4 #9780E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#4E2DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E2DB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2DB9

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2DB9	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#145571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.204 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6acf',
    500: '#4e2db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2db9;
$custom-light: #8c6acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.143,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43458,
    "c": 0.20353,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2DB9

secondary

#B6C979

accent

#E444BE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2DB9

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

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