#4E2EB3#4E2EB3

#4E2EB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.196 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EB3
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 179)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 74.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 48.22, -65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 81.21, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.0534 -0.1881)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.196 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2531, 6.8277, 43.3113)
Luminance	0.0683 (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

#4E2EB3 #93B32E

analogous

#2E51B3 #4E2EB3 #912EB3

triadic

#4E2EB3 #B34E2E #2EB34E

tetradic

#4E2EB3 #B32E51 #93B32E #2EB391

square

#4E2EB3 #B32E51 #93B32E #2EB391

split-complementary

#4E2EB3 #B3912E #51B32E

monochromatic

#241552 #392182 #4E2EB3 #6D4DD1 #957EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4E2EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E2EB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EB3

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EB3	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E536E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.196 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6acb',
    500: '#4e2eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2eb3;
$custom-light: #8b6acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.436,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4301,
    "c": 0.19552,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EB3

secondary

#B3C676

accent

#E246BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EB3

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

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