#4E237A#4E237A

#4E237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.141 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E237A
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 37.93, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 56.43, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0758 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.141 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2549, 4.2269, 18.8422)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E237A #4F7A23

analogous

#23237A #4E237A #79237A

triadic

#4E237A #7A4E23 #237A4E

tetradic

#4E237A #7A2323 #4F7A23 #237A79

square

#4E237A #7A2323 #4F7A23 #237A79

split-complementary

#4E237A #7A7923 #237A23

monochromatic

#11081B #30154A #4E237A #6C31AA #8B4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4E237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E237A

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E237A	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.141 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a1',
    500: '#4e237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e237a;
$custom-light: #8461a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.655,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36506,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E237A

secondary

#7DAD4C

accent

#DF4995

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E237A

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

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