#4E2E8E#4E2E8E

#4E2E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.150 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E8E
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 37.45, -48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 61.02, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(39.72% 0.0605 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(39.72% 0.15 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0000, 5.5264, 26.1785)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E8E #6E8E2E

analogous

#2E3E8E #4E2E8E #7E2E8E

triadic

#4E2E8E #8E4E2E #2E8E4E

tetradic

#4E2E8E #8E2E3E #6E8E2E #2E8E7E

square

#4E2E8E #8E2E3E #6E8E2E #2E8E7E

split-complementary

#4E2E8E #8E7E2E #3E8E2E

monochromatic

#1B1032 #351F60 #4E2E8E #673DBC #8A68CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#4E2E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E2E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E8E

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E8E	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.150 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569b0',
    500: '#4e2e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e8e;
$custom-light: #8569b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39716,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E8E

secondary

#9AB563

accent

#DB4DAB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E8E

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

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