#4E239E#4E239E

#4E239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.183 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E239E
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 47.66, -59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 75.88, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39.69% 0.0675 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(39.69% 0.183 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9127, 5.2900, 32.8399)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E239E #739E23

analogous

#23359E #4E239E #8C239E

triadic

#4E239E #9E4E23 #239E4E

tetradic

#4E239E #9E2335 #739E23 #239E8C

square

#4E239E #9E2335 #739E23 #239E8C

split-complementary

#4E239E #9E8C23 #359E23

monochromatic

#1D0D3A #35186C #4E239E #672ED0 #8B60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#4E239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E239E

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E239E	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.183 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863bc',
    500: '#4e239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e239e;
$custom-light: #8863bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.976,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39694,
    "c": 0.18253,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E239E

secondary

#9EC15C

accent

#E741AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E239E

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

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