#4E2EA1#4E2EA1

#4E2EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.174 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EA1
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, 42.97, -57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 71.55, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(41.35% 0.0574 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(41.35% 0.174 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5500, 6.1464, 34.3418)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.32

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2EA1 #81A12E

analogous

#2E47A1 #4E2EA1 #882EA1

triadic

#4E2EA1 #A14E2E #2EA14E

tetradic

#4E2EA1 #A12E47 #81A12E #2EA188

square

#4E2EA1 #A12E47 #81A12E #2EA188

split-complementary

#4E2EA1 #A1882E #47A12E

monochromatic

#201342 #372071 #4E2EA1 #6843C9 #8E73D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4E2EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E2EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EA1

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EA1	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.174 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886abe',
    500: '#4e2ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ea1;
$custom-light: #886abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.696,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41353,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EA1

secondary

#A8BE6C

accent

#DF49B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EA1

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

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