#4E2F8D#4E2F8D

#4E2F8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.148 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F8D
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 141)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.32, 36.58, -47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.32, 59.84, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% 0.0595 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.148 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9648, 5.5756, 25.7980)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F8D #6E8D2F

analogous

#2F3F8D #4E2F8D #7D2F8D

triadic

#4E2F8D #8D4E2F #2F8D4E

tetradic

#4E2F8D #8D2F3F #6E8D2F #2F8D7D

square

#4E2F8D #8D2F3F #6E8D2F #2F8D7D

split-complementary

#4E2F8D #8D7D2F #3F8D2F

monochromatic

#1B1031 #35205F #4E2F8D #673EBB #8A69CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E2F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E2F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F8D

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F8D	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.148 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569af',
    500: '#4e2f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f8d;
$custom-light: #8569af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.787,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39785,
    "c": 0.14782,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F8D

secondary

#9AB464

accent

#DA4EAC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F8D

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

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