#4E2E8C#4E2E8C

#4E2E8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.148 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E8C
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 140)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 67.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.03, 36.87, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.03, 59.90, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0608 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.148 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8512, 5.4669, 25.3947)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E8C #6C8C2E

analogous

#2E3D8C #4E2E8C #7D2E8C

triadic

#4E2E8C #8C4E2E #2E8C4E

tetradic

#4E2E8C #8C2E3D #6C8C2E #2E8C7D

square

#4E2E8C #8C2E3D #6C8C2E #2E8C7D

split-complementary

#4E2E8C #8C7D2E #3D8C2E

monochromatic

#1B1030 #341F5E #4E2E8C #683DBA #8A67CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#4E2E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E2E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E8C

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E8C	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.148 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569ae',
    500: '#4e2e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e8c;
$custom-light: #8569ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.426,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39551,
    "c": 0.14793,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E8C

secondary

#98B462

accent

#DA4EAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E8C

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

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