#4E205F#4E205F

#4E205F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.114 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E205F
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 95)
HSL	hsl(284, 50%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 66.3%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 32.75, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 43.35, 319.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0818 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.114 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7236, 3.4791, 11.1943)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E205F #315F20

analogous

#2F205F #4E205F #5F2050

triadic

#4E205F #5F4E20 #205F4E

tetradic

#4E205F #5F2F20 #315F20 #20505F

square

#4E205F #5F2F20 #315F20 #20505F

split-complementary

#4E205F #505F20 #205F2F

monochromatic

#130817 #281131 #4E205F #742F8D #993FBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4E205F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E205F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E205F

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E205F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E205F	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20365D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e205f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.114 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f8d',
    500: '#4e205f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e205f;
$custom-light: #825f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e205f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.81,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34054,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E205F

secondary

#5C9347

accent

#D94F74

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E205F

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

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