#4E237D#4E237D

#4E237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.145 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E237D
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.65, 38.72, -43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.65, 58.08, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0754 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.145 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4437, 4.3024, 19.8363)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E237D #527D23

analogous

#23257D #4E237D #7B237D

triadic

#4E237D #7D4E23 #237D4E

tetradic

#4E237D #7D2325 #527D23 #237D7B

square

#4E237D #7D2325 #527D23 #237D7B

split-complementary

#4E237D #7D7B23 #257D23

monochromatic

#12081D #30164D #4E237D #6C30AD #8A4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4E237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E237D

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E237D	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.145 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a3',
    500: '#4e237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e237d;
$custom-light: #8462a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36752,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E237D

secondary

#80AF4C

accent

#E04897

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E237D

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

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