#4E2FAA#4E2FAA

#4E2FAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.184 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2FAA
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 45.07, -61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 75.86, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.0546 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.184 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4119, 6.5544, 38.6862)
Luminance	0.0655 (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

#4E2FAA #8BAA2F

analogous

#2F4DAA #4E2FAA #8C2FAA

triadic

#4E2FAA #AA4E2F #2FAA4E

tetradic

#4E2FAA #AA2F4D #8BAA2F #2FAA8C

square

#4E2FAA #AA2F4D #8BAA2F #2FAA8C

split-complementary

#4E2FAA #AA8C2F #4DAA2F

monochromatic

#22144A #38227A #4E2FAA #6B49CD #9279DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4E2FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E2FAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2FAA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2FAA	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#285069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.184 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ac4',
    500: '#4e2faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2faa;
$custom-light: #896ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.122,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42304,
    "c": 0.18372,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2FAA

secondary

#AEC272

accent

#E048BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2FAA

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

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