#4E2F8C#4E2F8C

#4E2F8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.147 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F8C
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 140)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 66.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, 36.30, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 59.27, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% 0.0597 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.147 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.8907, 5.5459, 25.4079)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F8C #6D8C2F

analogous

#2F3F8C #4E2F8C #7D2F8C

triadic

#4E2F8C #8C4E2F #2F8C4E

tetradic

#4E2F8C #8C2F3F #6D8C2F #2F8C7D

square

#4E2F8C #8C2F3F #6D8C2F #2F8C7D

split-complementary

#4E2F8C #8C7D2F #3F8C2F

monochromatic

#1B1030 #34205E #4E2F8C #683EBA #8A69CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E2F8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E2F8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F8C

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F8C	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.147 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569ae',
    500: '#4e2f8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f8c;
$custom-light: #8569ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 49.733,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39704,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F8C

secondary

#99B463

accent

#D94FAB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F8C

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

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