#4E2D8E#4E2D8E

#4E2D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.152 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D8E
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 38.01, -48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 61.63, 308.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0616 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.152 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.9614, 5.4492, 26.1656)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D8E #6D8E2D

analogous

#2D3D8E #4E2D8E #7F2D8E

triadic

#4E2D8E #8E4E2D #2D8E4E

tetradic

#4E2D8E #8E2D3D #6D8E2D #2D8E7F

square

#4E2D8E #8E2D3D #6D8E2D #2D8E7F

split-complementary

#4E2D8E #8E7F2D #3D8E2D

monochromatic

#1B1031 #341E60 #4E2D8E #683CBC #8A67CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#4E2D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E2D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D8E

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D8E	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.152 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568b0',
    500: '#4e2d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d8e;
$custom-light: #8568b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.412,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39567,
    "c": 0.1518,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D8E

secondary

#99B561

accent

#DB4CAB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D8E

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

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