#4E2B8C#4E2B8C

#4E2B8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.152 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B8C
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 69.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 38.55, -48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 61.72, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0641 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.152 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.7381, 5.2407, 25.3570)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B8C #698C2B

analogous

#2B398C #4E2B8C #7E2B8C

triadic

#4E2B8C #8C4E2B #2B8C4E

tetradic

#4E2B8C #8C2B39 #698C2B #2B8C7E

square

#4E2B8C #8C2B39 #698C2B #2B8C7E

split-complementary

#4E2B8C #8C7E2B #398C2B

monochromatic

#1A0E2E #341D5D #4E2B8C #6839BB #8A62CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4E2B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B8C

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B8C	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.152 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567ae',
    500: '#4e2b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b8c;
$custom-light: #8567ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.649,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39109,
    "c": 0.15197,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.05241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B8C

secondary

#96B55E

accent

#DC4BA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B8C

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

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