#4E2F8B#4E2F8B

#4E2F8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.145 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F8B
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 139)
HSL	hsl(260, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 66.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.16, 36.01, -46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.16, 58.71, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(39.62% 0.0598 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(39.62% 0.145 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8173, 5.5166, 25.0213)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F8B #6C8B2F

analogous

#2F3E8B #4E2F8B #7C2F8B

triadic

#4E2F8B #8B4E2F #2F8B4E

tetradic

#4E2F8B #8B2F3E #6C8B2F #2F8B7C

square

#4E2F8B #8B2F3E #6C8B2F #2F8B7C

split-complementary

#4E2F8B #8B7C2F #3E8B2F

monochromatic

#1B1030 #34205D #4E2F8B #683EB9 #8A68CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4E2F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E2F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F8B

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F8B	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.145 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569ae',
    500: '#4e2f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f8b;
$custom-light: #8569ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.217,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39623,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F8B

secondary

#98B363

accent

#D94FAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F8B

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

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