#4E239C#4E239C

#4E239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.180 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E239C
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.36, 47.11, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.36, 74.83, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0681 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.18 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7420, 5.2217, 31.9406)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E239C #719C23

analogous

#23359C #4E239C #8A239C

triadic

#4E239C #9C4E23 #239C4E

tetradic

#4E239C #9C2335 #719C23 #239C8A

square

#4E239C #9C2335 #719C23 #239C8A

split-complementary

#4E239C #9C8A23 #359C23

monochromatic

#1C0D38 #35186A #4E239C #672ECE #8B5EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#4E239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E239C

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E239C	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.180 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863ba',
    500: '#4e239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e239c;
$custom-light: #8863ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.322,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39505,
    "c": 0.18026,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E239C

secondary

#9CC05B

accent

#E641AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E239C

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

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