#4E2A8D#4E2A8D

#4E2A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.155 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A8D
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.29, 39.39, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.29, 62.88, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% 0.065 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.155 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7763, 5.1985, 25.7351)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A8D #698D2A

analogous

#2A378D #4E2A8D #7F2A8D

triadic

#4E2A8D #8D4E2A #2A8D4E

tetradic

#4E2A8D #8D2A37 #698D2A #2A8D7F

square

#4E2A8D #8D2A37 #698D2A #2A8D7F

split-complementary

#4E2A8D #8D7F2A #378D2A

monochromatic

#1A0E2F #341C5E #4E2A8D #6838BC #8A61D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#4E2A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A8D

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A8D	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.155 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566af',
    500: '#4e2a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a8d;
$custom-light: #8566af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39051,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A8D

secondary

#96B65D

accent

#DD4AA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A8D

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

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