#4E2EB1#4E2EB1

#4E2EB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.193 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EB1
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 177)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 74%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 47.64, -64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 80.15, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.0538 -0.1855)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.193 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0523, 6.7473, 42.2537)
Luminance	0.0675 (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

#4E2EB1 #91B12E

analogous

#2E50B1 #4E2EB1 #8F2EB1

triadic

#4E2EB1 #B14E2E #2EB14E

tetradic

#4E2EB1 #B12E50 #91B12E #2EB18F

square

#4E2EB1 #B12E50 #91B12E #2EB18F

split-complementary

#4E2EB1 #B18F2E #50B12E

monochromatic

#231550 #392180 #4E2EB1 #6C4CD0 #947CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4E2EB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E2EB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EB1

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EB1	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21526D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2eb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.193 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ac9',
    500: '#4e2eb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2eb1;
$custom-light: #8a6ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2eb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.656,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42821,
    "c": 0.19315,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EB1

secondary

#B2C675

accent

#E246BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EB1

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

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