#4E239A#4E239A

#4E239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.178 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E239A
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, 46.56, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 73.77, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.0687 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.178 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5740, 5.1545, 31.0561)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E239A #6F9A23

analogous

#23339A #4E239A #8A239A

triadic

#4E239A #9A4E23 #239A4E

tetradic

#4E239A #9A2333 #6F9A23 #239A8A

square

#4E239A #9A2333 #6F9A23 #239A8A

split-complementary

#4E239A #9A8A23 #339A23

monochromatic

#1B0C36 #351868 #4E239A #672ECC #8A5DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#4E239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E239A

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E239A	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.178 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863b9',
    500: '#4e239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e239a;
$custom-light: #8863b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.681,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39317,
    "c": 0.178,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E239A

secondary

#9ABF5A

accent

#E642AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E239A

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

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