#4E2F8F#4E2F8F

#4E2F8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.150 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F8F
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 143)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 67.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 37.17, -48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 60.97, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0593 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.15 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1150, 5.6356, 26.5888)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F8F #708F2F

analogous

#2F408F #4E2F8F #7E2F8F

triadic

#4E2F8F #8F4E2F #2F8F4E

tetradic

#4E2F8F #8F2F40 #708F2F #2F8F7E

square

#4E2F8F #8F2F40 #708F2F #2F8F7E

split-complementary

#4E2F8F #8F7E2F #408F2F

monochromatic

#1C1133 #352061 #4E2F8F #673EBD #8B6ACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4E2F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E2F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F8F

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F8F	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.150 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569b1',
    500: '#4e2f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f8f;
$custom-light: #8569b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.375,
    "s": 50.526,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3995,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F8F

secondary

#9BB565

accent

#DA4EAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F8F

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

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