#4E2D8A#4E2D8A

#4E2D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.147 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D8A
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.66, 36.86, -46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.66, 59.39, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.24% 0.0622 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(39.24% 0.147 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6665, 5.3312, 24.6122)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D8A #698A2D

analogous

#2D3A8A #4E2D8A #7C2D8A

triadic

#4E2D8A #8A4E2D #2D8A4E

tetradic

#4E2D8A #8A2D3A #698A2D #2D8A7C

square

#4E2D8A #8A2D3A #698A2D #2D8A7C

split-complementary

#4E2D8A #8A7C2D #3A8A2D

monochromatic

#1A0F2E #341E5C #4E2D8A #683CB8 #8A65CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#4E2D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E2D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D8A

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D8A	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.147 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568ad',
    500: '#4e2d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d8a;
$custom-light: #8568ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.29,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39237,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D8A

secondary

#96B360

accent

#DA4DA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D8A

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

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