#4E236C#4E236C

#4E236C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.124 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E236C
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 108)
HSL	hsl(275, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 34.31, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 48.66, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0774 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.124 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4491, 3.9046, 14.5984)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E236C #416C23

analogous

#29236C #4E236C #6C2365

triadic

#4E236C #6C4E23 #236C4E

tetradic

#4E236C #6C2923 #416C23 #23656C

square

#4E236C #6C2923 #416C23 #23656C

split-complementary

#4E236C #656C23 #236C29

monochromatic

#110717 #2D143E #4E236C #6F329A #9046C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#4E236C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E236C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E236C

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E236C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E236C	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16386A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e236c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.124 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826197',
    500: '#4e236c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e236c;
$custom-light: #826197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e236c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.342,
    "s": 51.049,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35414,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E236C

secondary

#6E9F4B

accent

#DB4D87

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E236C

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

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