#4E237F#4E237F

#4E237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.147 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E237F
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.81, 39.25, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.81, 59.19, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.075 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.147 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5727, 4.3540, 20.5160)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E237F #547F23

analogous

#23267F #4E237F #7C237F

triadic

#4E237F #7F4E23 #237F4E

tetradic

#4E237F #7F2326 #547F23 #237F7C

square

#4E237F #7F2326 #547F23 #237F7C

split-complementary

#4E237F #7F7C23 #267F23

monochromatic

#13091F #31164F #4E237F #6B30AF #8A4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4E237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E237F

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E237F	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.147 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a5',
    500: '#4e237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e237f;
$custom-light: #8462a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.043,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36918,
    "c": 0.14688,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E237F

secondary

#82B14C

accent

#E04899

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E237F

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

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