#4E24A1#4E24A1

#4E24A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.185 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E24A1
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 161)
HSL	hsl(260, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.99, 48.02, -60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.99, 76.96, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0659 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.185 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2039, 5.4542, 34.2264)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E24A1 #77A124

analogous

#2438A1 #4E24A1 #8C24A1

triadic

#4E24A1 #A14E24 #24A14E

tetradic

#4E24A1 #A12438 #77A124 #24A18C

square

#4E24A1 #A12438 #77A124 #24A18C

split-complementary

#4E24A1 #A18C24 #38A124

monochromatic

#1E0E3D #36196F #4E24A1 #6731D1 #8C63DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4E24A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E24A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E24A1

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E24A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E24A1	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e24a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.185 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964be',
    500: '#4e24a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e24a1;
$custom-light: #8964be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e24a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.16,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40092,
    "c": 0.18491,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E24A1

secondary

#A1C25F

accent

#E641AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E24A1

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

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