#4E236E#4E236E

#4E236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.127 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E236E
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(274, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 34.82, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 49.78, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0772 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.127 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5568, 3.9476, 15.1654)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E236E #436E23

analogous

#28236E #4E236E #6E2368

triadic

#4E236E #6E4E23 #236E4E

tetradic

#4E236E #6E2823 #436E23 #23686E

square

#4E236E #6E2823 #436E23 #23686E

split-complementary

#4E236E #686E23 #236E28

monochromatic

#100717 #2D1440 #4E236E #6F329C #8F47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#4E236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E236E

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E236E	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.127 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836198',
    500: '#4e236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e236e;
$custom-light: #836198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.4,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35564,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E236E

secondary

#70A14C

accent

#DB4D89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E236E

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

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