#4E2A8A#4E2A8A

#4E2A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.151 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A8A
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.05, 38.54, -47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.05, 61.21, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.0655 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.151 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5561, 5.1104, 24.5754)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A8A #668A2A

analogous

#2A368A #4E2A8A #7E2A8A

triadic

#4E2A8A #8A4E2A #2A8A4E

tetradic

#4E2A8A #8A2A36 #668A2A #2A8A7E

square

#4E2A8A #8A2A36 #668A2A #2A8A7E

split-complementary

#4E2A8A #8A7E2A #368A2A

monochromatic

#190D2C #331C5B #4E2A8A #6938B9 #8960CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4E2A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A8A

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A8A	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.151 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566ad',
    500: '#4e2a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a8a;
$custom-light: #8566ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38798,
    "c": 0.15084,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A8A

secondary

#93B45B

accent

#DD4BA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A8A

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

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