#4E236A#4E236A

#4E236A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.122 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E236A
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(276, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 33.80, -33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 47.55, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0775 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.122 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3439, 3.8625, 14.0442)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E236A #3F6A23

analogous

#2A236A #4E236A #6A2363

triadic

#4E236A #6A4E23 #236A4E

tetradic

#4E236A #6A2A23 #3F6A23 #23636A

square

#4E236A #6A2A23 #3F6A23 #23636A

split-complementary

#4E236A #636A23 #236A2A

monochromatic

#110817 #2C143C #4E236A #703298 #9146C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#4E236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E236A

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E236A	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.122 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826195',
    500: '#4e236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e236a;
$custom-light: #826195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.338,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35266,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E236A

secondary

#6C9D4B

accent

#DA4E85

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E236A

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

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