#4E238F#4E238F

#4E238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.165 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E238F
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 43.56, -52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 67.90, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0716 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.165 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6995, 4.8047, 26.4503)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E238F #648F23

analogous

#232E8F #4E238F #84238F

triadic

#4E238F #8F4E23 #238F4E

tetradic

#4E238F #8F232E #648F23 #238F84

square

#4E238F #8F232E #648F23 #238F84

split-complementary

#4E238F #8F8423 #2E8F23

monochromatic

#180B2D #33175E #4E238F #692FC0 #8957D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4E238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E238F

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E238F	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.165 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b1',
    500: '#4e238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e238f;
$custom-light: #8662b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.889,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38307,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E238F

secondary

#91BA54

accent

#E444A4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E238F

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

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