#4E238A#4E238A

#4E238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.160 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E238A
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.73, 42.20, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.73, 65.20, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.0728 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.16 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3292, 4.6566, 24.4998)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E238A #5F8A23

analogous

#232B8A #4E238A #82238A

triadic

#4E238A #8A4E23 #238A4E

tetradic

#4E238A #8A232B #5F8A23 #238A82

square

#4E238A #8A232B #5F8A23 #238A82

split-complementary

#4E238A #8A8223 #2B8A23

monochromatic

#170A28 #321759 #4E238A #6A2FBB #8954D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4E238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E238A

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E238A	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.160 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ad',
    500: '#4e238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e238a;
$custom-light: #8562ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.049,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37862,
    "c": 0.15968,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E238A

secondary

#8DB751

accent

#E345A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E238A

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

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