#4E2EA9#4E2EA9

#4E2EA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.184 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EA9
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 45.31, -60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 75.88, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.0557 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.184 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2782, 6.4377, 38.1768)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.76

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2EA9 #89A92E

analogous

#2E4BA9 #4E2EA9 #8C2EA9

triadic

#4E2EA9 #A94E2E #2EA94E

tetradic

#4E2EA9 #A92E4B #89A92E #2EA98C

square

#4E2EA9 #A92E4B #89A92E #2EA98C

split-complementary

#4E2EA9 #A98C2E #4BA92E

monochromatic

#221449 #382179 #4E2EA9 #6A47CD #9177DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E2EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E2EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EA9

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EA9	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.184 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ac4',
    500: '#4e2ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ea9;
$custom-light: #896ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.61,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42078,
    "c": 0.18364,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EA9

secondary

#ADC271

accent

#E047B9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EA9

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

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