#4E2D8B#4E2D8B

#4E2D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.148 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D8B
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 139)
HSL	hsl(261, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.74, 37.15, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.74, 59.95, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.062 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.148 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7392, 5.3603, 24.9953)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D8B #6A8B2D

analogous

#2D3B8B #4E2D8B #7D2D8B

triadic

#4E2D8B #8B4E2D #2D8B4E

tetradic

#4E2D8B #8B2D3B #6A8B2D #2D8B7D

square

#4E2D8B #8B2D3B #6A8B2D #2D8B7D

split-complementary

#4E2D8B #8B7D2D #3B8B2D

monochromatic

#1A0F2F #341E5D #4E2D8B #683CB9 #8A65CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#4E2D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E2D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D8B

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D8B	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.148 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568ae',
    500: '#4e2d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d8b;
$custom-light: #8568ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.064,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39319,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D8B

secondary

#96B460

accent

#DB4DA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D8B

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

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