#4E239F#4E239F

#4E239F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.184 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E239F
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 47.93, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 76.40, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0672 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.184 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9991, 5.3246, 33.2951)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E239F #749F23

analogous

#23369F #4E239F #8C239F

triadic

#4E239F #9F4E23 #239F4E

tetradic

#4E239F #9F2336 #749F23 #239F8C

square

#4E239F #9F2336 #749F23 #239F8C

split-complementary

#4E239F #9F8C23 #369F23

monochromatic

#1D0D3B #35186D #4E239F #672ED1 #8B60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4E239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E239F

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E239F	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.184 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863bc',
    500: '#4e239f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e239f;
$custom-light: #8863bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.806,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39789,
    "c": 0.18365,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E239F

secondary

#9EC15D

accent

#E741AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E239F

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

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