#4E2D8D#4E2D8D

#4E2D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.151 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D8D
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 37.72, -48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 61.07, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0618 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.151 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8867, 5.4193, 25.7720)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D8D #6C8D2D

analogous

#2D3C8D #4E2D8D #7E2D8D

triadic

#4E2D8D #8D4E2D #2D8D4E

tetradic

#4E2D8D #8D2D3C #6C8D2D #2D8D7E

square

#4E2D8D #8D2D3C #6C8D2D #2D8D7E

split-complementary

#4E2D8D #8D7E2D #3C8D2D

monochromatic

#1B0F30 #341E5F #4E2D8D #683CBB #8A66CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#4E2D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E2D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D8D

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D8D	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.151 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568af',
    500: '#4e2d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d8d;
$custom-light: #8568af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39484,
    "c": 0.15055,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D8D

secondary

#98B561

accent

#DB4DAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D8D

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

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