#4E2EA3#4E2EA3

#4E2EA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.176 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EA3
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 163)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.95, 43.55, -58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.95, 72.64, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.057 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.176 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7278, 6.2175, 35.2781)
Luminance	0.0622 (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

#4E2EA3 #83A32E

analogous

#2E48A3 #4E2EA3 #882EA3

triadic

#4E2EA3 #A34E2E #2EA34E

tetradic

#4E2EA3 #A32E48 #83A32E #2EA388

square

#4E2EA3 #A32E48 #83A32E #2EA388

split-complementary

#4E2EA3 #A3882E #48A32E

monochromatic

#201344 #372173 #4E2EA3 #6944CA #8F74D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#4E2EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E2EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EA3

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EA3	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.176 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886abf',
    500: '#4e2ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ea3;
$custom-light: #886abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.41,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41533,
    "c": 0.17642,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EA3

secondary

#A9BF6D

accent

#DF49B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EA3

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

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