#4E2EA6#4E2EA6

#4E2EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.180 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EA6
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.22, 44.43, -59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.22, 74.27, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% 0.0563 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.18 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9998, 6.3263, 36.7105)
Luminance	0.0633 (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

#4E2EA6 #86A62E

analogous

#2E4AA6 #4E2EA6 #8A2EA6

triadic

#4E2EA6 #A64E2E #2EA64E

tetradic

#4E2EA6 #A62E4A #86A62E #2EA68A

square

#4E2EA6 #A62E4A #86A62E #2EA68A

split-complementary

#4E2EA6 #A68A2E #4AA62E

monochromatic

#211346 #372176 #4E2EA6 #6946CC #9076D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#4E2EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E2EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EA6

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EA6	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.180 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ac1',
    500: '#4e2ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ea6;
$custom-light: #896ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41804,
    "c": 0.18004,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EA6

secondary

#ABC16F

accent

#E048B7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EA6

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

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