#4E2A8F#4E2A8F

#4E2A8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.157 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A8F
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 143)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 70.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.46, 39.95, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.46, 63.99, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0647 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.157 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9264, 5.2586, 26.5260)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A8F #6B8F2A

analogous

#2A398F #4E2A8F #812A8F

triadic

#4E2A8F #8F4E2A #2A8F4E

tetradic

#4E2A8F #8F2A39 #6B8F2A #2A8F81

square

#4E2A8F #8F2A39 #6B8F2A #2A8F81

split-complementary

#4E2A8F #8F812A #398F2A

monochromatic

#1A0E30 #341C60 #4E2A8F #6838BE #8A62D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#4E2A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A8F

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A8F	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.157 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b1',
    500: '#4e2a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a8f;
$custom-light: #8666b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.386,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39221,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A8F

secondary

#97B75E

accent

#DE4AA9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A8F

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

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