#4E205B#4E205B

#4E205B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.110 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E205B
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 91)
HSL	hsl(287, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 65%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 64.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.61, 31.83, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.61, 41.20, 320.57°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.0818 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.11 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5465, 3.4083, 10.2612)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.50

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E205B #2D5B20

analogous

#31205B #4E205B #5B204B

triadic

#4E205B #5B4E20 #205B4E

tetradic

#4E205B #5B3120 #2D5B20 #204B5B

square

#4E205B #5B3120 #2D5B20 #204B5B

split-complementary

#4E205B #4B5B20 #205B31

monochromatic

#130817 #27102E #4E205B #753088 #9C40B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#4E205B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E205B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E205B

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E205B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E205B	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10315D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23355A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e205b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.110 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f8a',
    500: '#4e205b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e205b;
$custom-light: #825f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e205b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.78,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33782,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E205B

secondary

#578F47

accent

#D8506E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E205B

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

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