#4E2EA7#4E2EA7

#4E2EA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.181 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EA7
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 44.72, -59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 74.81, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.0561 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.181 288)
XYZ	xyz(11.0919, 6.3632, 37.1955)
Luminance	0.0636 (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

#4E2EA7 #87A72E

analogous

#2E4AA7 #4E2EA7 #8B2EA7

triadic

#4E2EA7 #A74E2E #2EA74E

tetradic

#4E2EA7 #A72E4A #87A72E #2EA78B

square

#4E2EA7 #A72E4A #87A72E #2EA78B

split-complementary

#4E2EA7 #A78B2E #4AA72E

monochromatic

#211447 #382177 #4E2EA7 #6A46CC #9076D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4E2EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E2EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EA7

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EA7	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.181 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ac2',
    500: '#4e2ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ea7;
$custom-light: #896ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.868,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41895,
    "c": 0.18124,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.06364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EA7

secondary

#ACC170

accent

#E048B8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EA7

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

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