#4E204F#4E204F

#4E204F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.097 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E204F
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 79)
HSL	hsl(299, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(299, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 59.5%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.89, 29.18, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.89, 34.97, 326.56°)
OKLab	oklab(33.03% 0.0807 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(33.03% 0.097 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0696, 3.2175, 7.7496)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E204F #214F20

analogous

#37204F #4E204F #4F2039

triadic

#4E204F #4F4E20 #204F4E

tetradic

#4E204F #4F3720 #214F20 #20394F

square

#4E204F #4F3720 #214F20 #20394F

split-complementary

#4E204F #394F20 #204F37

monochromatic

#160916 #230E23 #4E204F #79327B #A443A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4E204F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E204F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E204F

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E204F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E204F	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29344E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e204f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.097 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e80',
    500: '#4e204f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e204f;
$custom-light: #815e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e204f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.723,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33027,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E204F

secondary

#498347

accent

#D25658

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E204F

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

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