#4E2EC9#4E2EC9

#4E2EC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.221 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2EC9
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 201)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(252, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 77.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 54.59, -74.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 92.61, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(45.15% 0.0476 -0.2157)
OKLCH	oklch(45.15% 0.221 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6582, 7.7897, 55.9782)
Luminance	0.0779 (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

#4E2EC9 #A9C92E

analogous

#2E5BC9 #4E2EC9 #9B2EC9

triadic

#4E2EC9 #C94E2E #2EC94E

tetradic

#4E2EC9 #C92E5B #A9C92E #2EC99B

square

#4E2EC9 #C92E5B #A9C92E #2EC99B

split-complementary

#4E2EC9 #C99B2E #5BC92E

monochromatic

#271765 #3B2397 #4E2EC9 #755BD9 #9F8DE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#4E2EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E2EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2EC9

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2EC9	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.221 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6bdb',
    500: '#4e2ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2ec9;
$custom-light: #8e6bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.387,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45146,
    "c": 0.22094,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2EC9

secondary

#BFCF84

accent

#E642C4

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2EC9

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

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