#4E236F#4E236F

#4E236F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.128 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E236F
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(274, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 35.07, -36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 50.33, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% 0.0771 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.128 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6116, 3.9695, 15.4537)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E236F #446F23

analogous

#28236F #4E236F #6F236A

triadic

#4E236F #6F4E23 #236F4E

tetradic

#4E236F #6F2823 #446F23 #236A6F

square

#4E236F #6F2823 #446F23 #236A6F

split-complementary

#4E236F #6A6F23 #236F28

monochromatic

#100717 #2D1440 #4E236F #6F329E #8E47C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#4E236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E236F

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E236F	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12386D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.128 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836199',
    500: '#4e236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e236f;
$custom-light: #836199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.947,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3564,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E236F

secondary

#71A24C

accent

#DB4C8A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E236F

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

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