#4E2C8A#4E2C8A

#4E2C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.148 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C8A
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.45, 37.43, -46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.45, 60.00, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.0633 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.148 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6288, 5.2558, 24.5997)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C8A #688A2C

analogous

#2C398A #4E2C8A #7D2C8A

triadic

#4E2C8A #8A4E2C #2C8A4E

tetradic

#4E2C8A #8A2C39 #688A2C #2C8A7D

square

#4E2C8A #8A2C39 #688A2C #2C8A7D

split-complementary

#4E2C8A #8A7D2C #398A2C

monochromatic

#1A0E2D #341D5C #4E2C8A #683BB8 #8A63CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#4E2C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C8A

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C8A	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.148 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567ad',
    500: '#4e2c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c8a;
$custom-light: #8567ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.702,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39088,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C8A

secondary

#95B45E

accent

#DB4DA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C8A

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

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