#4E2B8E#4E2B8E

#4E2B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.154 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B8E
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.57, 39.12, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.57, 62.84, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% 0.0638 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.154 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8869, 5.3002, 26.1408)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B8E #6B8E2B

analogous

#2B3A8E #4E2B8E #802B8E

triadic

#4E2B8E #8E4E2B #2B8E4E

tetradic

#4E2B8E #8E2B3A #6B8E2B #2B8E80

square

#4E2B8E #8E2B3A #6B8E2B #2B8E80

split-complementary

#4E2B8E #8E802B #3A8E2B

monochromatic

#1A0F30 #341D5F #4E2B8E #6839BD #8A63D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#4E2B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E2B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B8E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B8E	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.154 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567b0',
    500: '#4e2b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b8e;
$custom-light: #8567b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.212,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39277,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B8E

secondary

#97B65F

accent

#DD4BA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B8E

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

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