#4E2C8F#4E2C8F

#4E2C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.154 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C8F
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 143)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.86, 38.85, -49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.86, 62.80, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0626 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.154 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9991, 5.4040, 26.5502)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C8F #6D8F2C

analogous

#2C3C8F #4E2C8F #802C8F

triadic

#4E2C8F #8F4E2C #2C8F4E

tetradic

#4E2C8F #8F2C3C #6D8F2C #2C8F80

square

#4E2C8F #8F2C3C #6D8F2C #2C8F80

split-complementary

#4E2C8F #8F802C #3C8F2C

monochromatic

#1B0F31 #341E60 #4E2C8F #683ABE #8A66D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4E2C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E2C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C8F

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C8F	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.154 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568b1',
    500: '#4e2c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c8f;
$custom-light: #8568b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.606,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39505,
    "c": 0.15437,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C8F

secondary

#99B661

accent

#DC4BAB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C8F

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

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