#4E2EB2#4E2EB2

#4E2EB2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.194 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EB2
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 178)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 74.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, 47.93, -64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 80.68, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.0536 -0.1868)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.194 286)
XYZ	xyz(12.1523, 6.7874, 42.7806)
Luminance	0.0679 (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

#4E2EB2 #92B22E

analogous

#2E50B2 #4E2EB2 #902EB2

triadic

#4E2EB2 #B24E2E #2EB24E

tetradic

#4E2EB2 #B22E50 #92B22E #2EB290

square

#4E2EB2 #B22E50 #92B22E #2EB290

split-complementary

#4E2EB2 #B2902E #50B22E

monochromatic

#231551 #392181 #4E2EB2 #6C4CD1 #947DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#4E2EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E2EB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EB2

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EB2	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F526E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.194 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6aca',
    500: '#4e2eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2eb2;
$custom-light: #8b6aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.545,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42915,
    "c": 0.19434,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.06788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EB2

secondary

#B3C676

accent

#E246BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EB2

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

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