#4E2B8B#4E2B8B

#4E2B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.151 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B8B
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 38.27, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 61.17, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0643 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.151 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6647, 5.2113, 24.9705)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B8B #688B2B

analogous

#2B388B #4E2B8B #7E2B8B

triadic

#4E2B8B #8B4E2B #2B8B4E

tetradic

#4E2B8B #8B2B38 #688B2B #2B8B7E

square

#4E2B8B #8B2B38 #688B2B #2B8B7E

split-complementary

#4E2B8B #8B7E2B #388B2B

monochromatic

#1A0E2E #341D5C #4E2B8B #6839BA #8A62CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#4E2B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B8B

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B8B	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.151 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567ae',
    500: '#4e2b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b8b;
$custom-light: #8567ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.875,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39025,
    "c": 0.15075,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B8B

secondary

#95B55D

accent

#DC4CA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B8B

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

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