#4E2EA2#4E2EA2

#4E2EA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.175 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EA2
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 43.26, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 72.10, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.44% 0.0572 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(41.44% 0.175 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.6386, 6.1818, 34.8081)
Luminance	0.0618 (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

#4E2EA2 #82A22E

analogous

#2E48A2 #4E2EA2 #882EA2

triadic

#4E2EA2 #A24E2E #2EA24E

tetradic

#4E2EA2 #A22E48 #82A22E #2EA288

square

#4E2EA2 #A22E48 #82A22E #2EA288

split-complementary

#4E2EA2 #A2882E #48A22E

monochromatic

#201343 #372072 #4E2EA2 #6843CA #8F73D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E2EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E2EA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EA2

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EA2	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.175 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886abf',
    500: '#4e2ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ea2;
$custom-light: #886abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41443,
    "c": 0.1752,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.06182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EA2

secondary

#A8BF6D

accent

#DF49B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EA2

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

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