#4E238B#4E238B

#4E238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.161 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E238B
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 42.47, -50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 65.74, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.0725 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.161 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4019, 4.6857, 24.8828)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E238B #608B23

analogous

#232C8B #4E238B #82238B

triadic

#4E238B #8B4E23 #238B4E

tetradic

#4E238B #8B232C #608B23 #238B82

square

#4E238B #8B232C #608B23 #238B82

split-complementary

#4E238B #8B8223 #2C8B23

monochromatic

#170A29 #33175A #4E238B #692FBC #8954D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#4E238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E238B

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E238B	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.161 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662ae',
    500: '#4e238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e238b;
$custom-light: #8662ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.808,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37951,
    "c": 0.16083,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E238B

secondary

#8EB852

accent

#E345A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E238B

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

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