#4E2EA5#4E2EA5

#4E2EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.179 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EA5
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, 44.14, -59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 73.72, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0565 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.179 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9084, 6.2898, 36.2293)
Luminance	0.0629 (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

#4E2EA5 #85A52E

analogous

#2E4AA5 #4E2EA5 #8A2EA5

triadic

#4E2EA5 #A54E2E #2EA54E

tetradic

#4E2EA5 #A52E4A #85A52E #2EA58A

square

#4E2EA5 #A52E4A #85A52E #2EA58A

split-complementary

#4E2EA5 #A58A2E #4AA52E

monochromatic

#211345 #372175 #4E2EA5 #6945CB #9075D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E2EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E2EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EA5

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EA5	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.179 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ac1',
    500: '#4e2ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ea5;
$custom-light: #886ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.134,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41713,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EA5

secondary

#AAC06F

accent

#E048B7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EA5

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

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