#4E2A8E#4E2A8E

#4E2A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.156 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A8E
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.38, 39.67, -49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.38, 63.43, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% 0.0649 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.156 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8510, 5.2284, 26.1288)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A8E #6A8E2A

analogous

#2A388E #4E2A8E #802A8E

triadic

#4E2A8E #8E4E2A #2A8E4E

tetradic

#4E2A8E #8E2A38 #6A8E2A #2A8E80

square

#4E2A8E #8E2A38 #6A8E2A #2A8E80

split-complementary

#4E2A8E #8E802A #388E2A

monochromatic

#1A0E30 #341C5F #4E2A8E #6838BD #8A62D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#4E2A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A8E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A8E	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.156 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566b0',
    500: '#4e2a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a8e;
$custom-light: #8566b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39136,
    "c": 0.15574,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A8E

secondary

#96B65D

accent

#DE4AA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A8E

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

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