#4E2A8B#4E2A8B

#4E2A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.152 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A8B
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 69.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.13, 38.82, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.13, 61.77, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0654 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.152 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6288, 5.1395, 24.9585)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A8B #678B2A

analogous

#2A368B #4E2A8B #7E2A8B

triadic

#4E2A8B #8B4E2A #2A8B4E

tetradic

#4E2A8B #8B2A36 #678B2A #2A8B7E

square

#4E2A8B #8B2A36 #678B2A #2A8B7E

split-complementary

#4E2A8B #8B7E2A #368B2A

monochromatic

#190E2D #341C5C #4E2A8B #6838BA #8960CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#4E2A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E2A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A8B

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A8B	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.152 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566ae',
    500: '#4e2a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a8b;
$custom-light: #8566ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.268,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38882,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A8B

secondary

#94B55C

accent

#DD4BA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A8B

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

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