#4E236B#4E236B

#4E236B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.123 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E236B
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(276, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 34.06, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 48.11, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0774 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.123 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3962, 3.8834, 14.3197)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E236B #406B23

analogous

#2A236B #4E236B #6B2364

triadic

#4E236B #6B4E23 #236B4E

tetradic

#4E236B #6B2A23 #406B23 #23646B

square

#4E236B #6B2A23 #406B23 #23646B

split-complementary

#4E236B #646B23 #236B2A

monochromatic

#110817 #2C143D #4E236B #703299 #9046C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4E236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E236B

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E236B	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.123 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826196',
    500: '#4e236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e236b;
$custom-light: #826196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.833,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3534,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E236B

secondary

#6D9E4B

accent

#DA4E86

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E236B

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

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