#4E2FA7#4E2FA7

#4E2FA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.180 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2FA7
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 167)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 71.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 44.19, -59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 74.24, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.0552 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.18 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1314, 6.4422, 37.2087)
Luminance	0.0644 (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

#4E2FA7 #88A72F

analogous

#2F4CA7 #4E2FA7 #8A2FA7

triadic

#4E2FA7 #A74E2F #2FA74E

tetradic

#4E2FA7 #A72F4C #88A72F #2FA78A

square

#4E2FA7 #A72F4C #88A72F #2FA78A

split-complementary

#4E2FA7 #A78A2F #4CA72F

monochromatic

#211447 #382277 #4E2FA7 #6A48CB #9178D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E2FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E2FA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2FA7

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2FA7	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.180 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ac2',
    500: '#4e2fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2fa7;
$custom-light: #896ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42031,
    "c": 0.1801,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2FA7

secondary

#ACC171

accent

#DF48B8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2FA7

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

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