#4E237B#4E237B

#4E237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.142 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E237B
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 38.19, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 56.98, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0757 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.142 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3172, 4.2518, 19.1702)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E237B #507B23

analogous

#23247B #4E237B #7A237B

triadic

#4E237B #7B4E23 #237B4E

tetradic

#4E237B #7B2324 #507B23 #237B7A

square

#4E237B #7B2324 #507B23 #237B7A

split-complementary

#4E237B #7B7A23 #247B23

monochromatic

#12081C #30154B #4E237B #6C31AB #8B4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#4E237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E237B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E237B	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.142 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a2',
    500: '#4e237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e237b;
$custom-light: #8461a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.318,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36588,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E237B

secondary

#7EAE4C

accent

#DF4996

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E237B

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

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