#4E24A8#4E24A8

#4E24A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.193 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E24A8
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 78.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.66, 49.95, -63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.66, 80.61, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0638 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.193 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8386, 5.7081, 37.5689)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E24A8 #7EA824

analogous

#243CA8 #4E24A8 #9024A8

triadic

#4E24A8 #A84E24 #24A84E

tetradic

#4E24A8 #A8243C #7EA824 #24A890

square

#4E24A8 #A8243C #7EA824 #24A890

split-complementary

#4E24A8 #A89024 #3CA824

monochromatic

#1F0E43 #371976 #4E24A8 #6835D4 #8E68DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E24A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E24A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E24A8

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E24A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E24A8	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e24a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.193 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64c3',
    500: '#4e24a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e24a8;
$custom-light: #8a64c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e24a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40765,
    "c": 0.19281,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E24A8

secondary

#A6C463

accent

#E840B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E24A8

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

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