#4E248B#4E248B

#4E248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.160 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E248B
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 41.97, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 65.19, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0716 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.16 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4317, 4.7454, 24.8928)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E248B #618B24

analogous

#242E8B #4E248B #82248B

triadic

#4E248B #8B4E24 #248B4E

tetradic

#4E248B #8B242E #618B24 #248B82

square

#4E248B #8B242E #618B24 #248B82

split-complementary

#4E248B #8B8224 #2E8B24

monochromatic

#170B2A #33175A #4E248B #6931BC #8956D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4E248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E248B

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E248B	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.160 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663ae',
    500: '#4e248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e248b;
$custom-light: #8663ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.466,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38076,
    "c": 0.15964,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E248B

secondary

#8FB753

accent

#E246A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E248B

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

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