#4E237C#4E237C

#4E237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.143 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E237C
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 38.45, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 57.53, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0755 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.143 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3801, 4.2770, 19.5016)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E237C #517C23

analogous

#23247C #4E237C #7A237C

triadic

#4E237C #7C4E23 #237C4E

tetradic

#4E237C #7C2324 #517C23 #237C7A

square

#4E237C #7C2324 #517C23 #237C7A

split-complementary

#4E237C #7C7A23 #247C23

monochromatic

#12081D #30164C #4E237C #6C30AC #8B4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#4E237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E237C

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E237C	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.143 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a3',
    500: '#4e237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e237c;
$custom-light: #8462a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.989,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3667,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E237C

secondary

#7FAF4C

accent

#DF4996

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E237C

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

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