#4E204E#4E204E

#4E204E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.096 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E204E
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(300, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.84, 28.97, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.84, 34.48, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(32.97% 0.0806 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(32.97% 0.096 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0335, 3.2031, 7.5594)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E204E #204E20

analogous

#37204E #4E204E #4E2037

triadic

#4E204E #4E4E20 #204E4E

tetradic

#4E204E #4E3720 #204E20 #20374E

square

#4E204E #4E3720 #204E20 #20374E

split-complementary

#4E204E #374E20 #204E37

monochromatic

#160916 #230E23 #4E204E #793279 #A544A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#4E204E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E204E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E204E

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E204E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E204E	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A344D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502533

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e204e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.096 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e7f',
    500: '#4e204e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e204e;
$custom-light: #815e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e204e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32969,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E204E

secondary

#478247

accent

#D25656

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E204E

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

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