#4E2EAE#4E2EAE

#4E2EAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.190 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EAE
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 46.77, -63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 78.56, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.0545 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.19 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7566, 6.6291, 40.6962)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.65

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2EAE #8EAE2E

analogous

#2E4EAE #4E2EAE #8E2EAE

triadic

#4E2EAE #AE4E2E #2EAE4E

tetradic

#4E2EAE #AE2E4E #8EAE2E #2EAE8E

square

#4E2EAE #AE2E4E #8EAE2E #2EAE8E

split-complementary

#4E2EAE #AE8E2E #4EAE2E

monochromatic

#23144D #38217E #4E2EAE #6B4ACF #937ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#4E2EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E2EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EAE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EAE	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.190 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ac7',
    500: '#4e2eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2eae;
$custom-light: #8a6ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42541,
    "c": 0.1896,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EAE

secondary

#B0C474

accent

#E146BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EAE

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

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