#4E2E8B#4E2E8B

#4E2E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.147 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E8B
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(261, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.95, 36.58, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.95, 59.33, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% 0.0609 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.147 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7778, 5.4376, 25.0082)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E8B #6B8B2E

analogous

#2E3D8B #4E2E8B #7D2E8B

triadic

#4E2E8B #8B4E2E #2E8B4E

tetradic

#4E2E8B #8B2E3D #6B8B2E #2E8B7D

square

#4E2E8B #8B2E3D #6B8B2E #2E8B7D

split-complementary

#4E2E8B #8B7D2E #3D8B2E

monochromatic

#1A102F #341F5D #4E2E8B #683DB9 #8A67CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#4E2E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E2E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E8B

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E8B	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.147 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569ae',
    500: '#4e2e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e8b;
$custom-light: #8569ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.645,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3947,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E8B

secondary

#97B361

accent

#DA4EAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E8B

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

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