#4E2EA4#4E2EA4

#4E2EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.178 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EA4
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 43.85, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 73.18, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% 0.0568 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.178 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8178, 6.2535, 35.7518)
Luminance	0.0625 (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

#4E2EA4 #84A42E

analogous

#2E49A4 #4E2EA4 #892EA4

triadic

#4E2EA4 #A44E2E #2EA44E

tetradic

#4E2EA4 #A42E49 #84A42E #2EA489

square

#4E2EA4 #A42E49 #84A42E #2EA489

split-complementary

#4E2EA4 #A4892E #49A42E

monochromatic

#211344 #372174 #4E2EA4 #6945CB #8F74D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4E2EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E2EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EA4

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EA4	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.178 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ac0',
    500: '#4e2ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ea4;
$custom-light: #886ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.271,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41623,
    "c": 0.17762,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EA4

secondary

#AAC06E

accent

#DF48B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EA4

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

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