#4E2FAE#4E2FAE

#4E2FAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.189 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2FAE
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 73%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 46.24, -62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 78.00, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.0537 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.189 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7961, 6.7081, 40.7094)
Luminance	0.0671 (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

#4E2FAE #8FAE2F

analogous

#2F4FAE #4E2FAE #8D2FAE

triadic

#4E2FAE #AE4E2F #2FAE4E

tetradic

#4E2FAE #AE2F4F #8FAE2F #2FAE8D

square

#4E2FAE #AE2F4F #8FAE2F #2FAE8D

split-complementary

#4E2FAE #AE8D2F #4FAE2F

monochromatic

#23154E #38227E #4E2FAE #6C4CCF #937CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#4E2FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E2FAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2FAE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2FAE	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.189 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6bc7',
    500: '#4e2fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2fae;
$custom-light: #8a6bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.646,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42672,
    "c": 0.18852,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2FAE

secondary

#B1C475

accent

#E147BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2FAE

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

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