#4E2E8A#4E2E8A

#4E2E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.145 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E8A
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 36.29, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 58.76, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.061 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.145 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7051, 5.4085, 24.6251)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E8A #6A8A2E

analogous

#2E3C8A #4E2E8A #7C2E8A

triadic

#4E2E8A #8A4E2E #2E8A4E

tetradic

#4E2E8A #8A2E3C #6A8A2E #2E8A7C

square

#4E2E8A #8A2E3C #6A8A2E #2E8A7C

split-complementary

#4E2E8A #8A7C2E #3C8A2E

monochromatic

#1A0F2E #341F5C #4E2E8A #683DB8 #8A66CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4E2E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E2E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E8A

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E8A	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)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.145 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569ad',
    500: '#4e2e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e8a;
$custom-light: #8569ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39388,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E8A

secondary

#96B361

accent

#DA4EA9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E8A

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

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