#4E2B8D#4E2B8D

#4E2B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.153 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B8D
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.49, 38.84, -48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.49, 62.28, 308.58°)
OKLab	oklab(39.19% 0.064 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(39.19% 0.153 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8122, 5.2703, 25.7471)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B8D #6A8D2B

analogous

#2B398D #4E2B8D #7F2B8D

triadic

#4E2B8D #8D4E2B #2B8D4E

tetradic

#4E2B8D #8D2B39 #6A8D2B #2B8D7F

square

#4E2B8D #8D2B39 #6A8D2B #2B8D7F

split-complementary

#4E2B8D #8D7F2B #398D2B

monochromatic

#1A0E2F #341D5E #4E2B8D #6839BC #8A63CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#4E2B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B8D

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B8D	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.153 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567af',
    500: '#4e2b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b8d;
$custom-light: #8567af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39193,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B8D

secondary

#96B65E

accent

#DD4BA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B8D

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

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