#4E2EB5#4E2EB5

#4E2EB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.198 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EB5
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 181)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 48.81, -66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 82.27, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.0529 -0.1907)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.198 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4568, 6.9092, 44.3843)
Luminance	0.0691 (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

#4E2EB5 #95B52E

analogous

#2E52B5 #4E2EB5 #912EB5

triadic

#4E2EB5 #B54E2E #2EB54E

tetradic

#4E2EB5 #B52E52 #95B52E #2EB591

square

#4E2EB5 #B52E52 #95B52E #2EB591

split-complementary

#4E2EB5 #B5912E #52B52E

monochromatic

#241553 #392284 #4E2EB5 #6D4ED2 #967FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E2EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E2EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EB5

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EB5	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.198 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6acc',
    500: '#4e2eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2eb5;
$custom-light: #8b6acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.222,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43199,
    "c": 0.19786,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EB5

secondary

#B4C778

accent

#E345BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EB5

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

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