#4E237E#4E237E

#4E237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.146 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E237E
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 38.98, -43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 58.63, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0752 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.146 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5079, 4.3281, 20.1745)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E237E #537E23

analogous

#23257E #4E237E #7C237E

triadic

#4E237E #7E4E23 #237E4E

tetradic

#4E237E #7E2325 #537E23 #237E7C

square

#4E237E #7E2325 #537E23 #237E7C

split-complementary

#4E237E #7E7C23 #257E23

monochromatic

#13081E #30164E #4E237E #6C30AE #8A4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#4E237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E237E

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E237E	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.146 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a4',
    500: '#4e237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e237e;
$custom-light: #8462a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.352,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36835,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E237E

secondary

#81B04C

accent

#E04898

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E237E

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

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