#4E2FA8#4E2FA8

#4E2FA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.181 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2FA8
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 168)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 72%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 44.48, -60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 74.78, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.055 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.181 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2242, 6.4793, 37.6974)
Luminance	0.0648 (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

#4E2FA8 #89A82F

analogous

#2F4DA8 #4E2FA8 #8B2FA8

triadic

#4E2FA8 #A84E2F #2FA84E

tetradic

#4E2FA8 #A82F4D #89A82F #2FA88B

square

#4E2FA8 #A82F4D #89A82F #2FA88B

split-complementary

#4E2FA8 #A88B2F #4DA82F

monochromatic

#221448 #382278 #4E2FA8 #6A48CC #9178D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4E2FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E2FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2FA8

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2FA8	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.181 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ac3',
    500: '#4e2fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2fa8;
$custom-light: #896ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.372,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42121,
    "c": 0.18131,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2FA8

secondary

#ADC171

accent

#E048B9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2FA8

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

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