#4E236D#4E236D

#4E236D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.126 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E236D
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(275, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.43, 34.56, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.43, 49.22, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0773 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.126 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.5027, 3.9260, 14.8803)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E236D #426D23

analogous

#29236D #4E236D #6D2367

triadic

#4E236D #6D4E23 #236D4E

tetradic

#4E236D #6D2923 #426D23 #23676D

square

#4E236D #6D2923 #426D23 #23676D

split-complementary

#4E236D #676D23 #236D29

monochromatic

#110717 #2D143F #4E236D #6F329B #8F47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#4E236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E236D

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E236D	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15386B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.126 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826197',
    500: '#4e236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e236d;
$custom-light: #826197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.865,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35489,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E236D

secondary

#6FA04B

accent

#DB4D88

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E236D

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

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