#4E2FA5#4E2FA5

#4E2FA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.178 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2FA5
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 43.60, -58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 73.15, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.0556 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.178 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9479, 6.3688, 36.2425)
Luminance	0.0637 (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

#4E2FA5 #86A52F

analogous

#2F4BA5 #4E2FA5 #892FA5

triadic

#4E2FA5 #A54E2F #2FA54E

tetradic

#4E2FA5 #A52F4B #86A52F #2FA589

square

#4E2FA5 #A52F4B #86A52F #2FA589

split-complementary

#4E2FA5 #A5892F #4BA52F

monochromatic

#211446 #372175 #4E2FA5 #6947CB #9076D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4E2FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E2FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2FA5

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2FA5	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.178 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ac1',
    500: '#4e2fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2fa5;
$custom-light: #886ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.763,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4185,
    "c": 0.17768,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2FA5

secondary

#ABC070

accent

#DF49B8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2FA5

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

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