#4E229F#4E229F

#4E229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.185 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E229F
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 48.39, -59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 76.90, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.68% 0.068 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(39.68% 0.185 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9701, 5.2666, 33.2854)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E229F #739F22

analogous

#22349F #4E229F #8C229F

triadic

#4E229F #9F4E22 #229F4E

tetradic

#4E229F #9F2234 #739F22 #229F8C

square

#4E229F #9F2234 #739F22 #229F8C

split-complementary

#4E229F #9F8C22 #349F22

monochromatic

#1D0C3A #35176D #4E229F #672DD1 #8B5FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#4E229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E229F

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E229F	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.185 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863bc',
    500: '#4e229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e229f;
$custom-light: #8863bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.12,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39678,
    "c": 0.18465,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E229F

secondary

#9EC15B

accent

#E840AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E229F

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

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