#4E2B8A#4E2B8A

#4E2B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.150 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B8A
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 37.99, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 60.61, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% 0.0644 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.15 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5920, 5.1822, 24.5874)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B8A #678A2B

analogous

#2B388A #4E2B8A #7D2B8A

triadic

#4E2B8A #8A4E2B #2B8A4E

tetradic

#4E2B8A #8A2B38 #678A2B #2B8A7D

square

#4E2B8A #8A2B38 #678A2B #2B8A7D

split-complementary

#4E2B8A #8A7D2B #388A2B

monochromatic

#190E2D #341C5B #4E2B8A #683AB9 #8961CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4E2B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B8A

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B8A	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.150 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567ad',
    500: '#4e2b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b8a;
$custom-light: #8567ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38942,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B8A

secondary

#94B45D

accent

#DC4CA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B8A

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

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