#4E2C8B#4E2C8B

#4E2C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.149 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C8B
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.53, 37.71, -47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.53, 60.56, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0632 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.149 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.7015, 5.2849, 24.9827)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C8B #698B2C

analogous

#2C398B #4E2C8B #7D2C8B

triadic

#4E2C8B #8B4E2C #2C8B4E

tetradic

#4E2C8B #8B2C39 #698B2C #2C8B7D

square

#4E2C8B #8B2C39 #698B2C #2C8B7D

split-complementary

#4E2C8B #8B7D2C #398B2C

monochromatic

#1A0F2E #341D5D #4E2C8B #683BB9 #8A64CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#4E2C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E2C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C8B

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C8B	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.149 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567ae',
    500: '#4e2c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c8b;
$custom-light: #8567ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.474,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39171,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.05285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C8B

secondary

#96B45F

accent

#DB4CA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C8B

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

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