#4E2F8A#4E2F8A

#4E2F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.144 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F8A
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(260, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.08, 35.72, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.08, 58.14, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(39.54% 0.0599 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(39.54% 0.144 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7446, 5.4875, 24.6383)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F8A #6B8A2F

analogous

#2F3E8A #4E2F8A #7C2F8A

triadic

#4E2F8A #8A4E2F #2F8A4E

tetradic

#4E2F8A #8A2F3E #6B8A2F #2F8A7C

square

#4E2F8A #8A2F3E #6B8A2F #2F8A7C

split-complementary

#4E2F8A #8A7C2F #3E8A2F

monochromatic

#1A102F #341F5C #4E2F8A #683FB8 #8A68CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#4E2F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E2F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F8A

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F8A	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.144 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569ad',
    500: '#4e2f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f8a;
$custom-light: #8569ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.44,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39542,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F8A

secondary

#97B362

accent

#D94FAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F8A

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

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