#4E2F8E#4E2F8E

#4E2F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.149 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F8E
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 66.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 36.87, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 60.40, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0594 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.149 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0396, 5.6055, 26.1916)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F8E #6F8E2F

analogous

#2F3F8E #4E2F8E #7E2F8E

triadic

#4E2F8E #8E4E2F #2F8E4E

tetradic

#4E2F8E #8E2F3F #6F8E2F #2F8E7E

square

#4E2F8E #8E2F3F #6F8E2F #2F8E7E

split-complementary

#4E2F8E #8E7E2F #3F8E2F

monochromatic

#1B1132 #352060 #4E2F8E #673EBC #8A6ACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4E2F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E2F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F8E

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F8E	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.149 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569b0',
    500: '#4e2f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f8e;
$custom-light: #8569b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.579,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39867,
    "c": 0.1491,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F8E

secondary

#9AB564

accent

#DA4EAC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F8E

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

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