#4E238C#4E238C

#4E238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.162 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E238C
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 42.75, -50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 66.28, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0723 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.162 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4753, 4.7150, 25.2694)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E238C #618C23

analogous

#232D8C #4E238C #83238C

triadic

#4E238C #8C4E23 #238C4E

tetradic

#4E238C #8C232D #618C23 #238C83

square

#4E238C #8C232D #618C23 #238C83

split-complementary

#4E238C #8C8323 #2D8C23

monochromatic

#170B2A #33175B #4E238C #692FBD #8955D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#4E238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E238C

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E238C	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.162 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662ae',
    500: '#4e238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e238c;
$custom-light: #8662ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38039,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E238C

secondary

#8FB852

accent

#E345A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E238C

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

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