#4E207A#4E207A

#4E207A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.145 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E207A
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 122)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 73.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 39.45, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 58.11, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.0792 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.145 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1704, 4.0579, 18.8141)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E207A #4C7A20

analogous

#21207A #4E207A #7A2079

triadic

#4E207A #7A4E20 #207A4E

tetradic

#4E207A #7A2120 #4C7A20 #20797A

square

#4E207A #7A2120 #4C7A20 #20797A

split-complementary

#4E207A #797A20 #207A21

monochromatic

#100719 #2F134A #4E207A #6D2DAA #8C46CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#4E207A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E207A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E207A

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E207A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E207A	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e207a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.145 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a1',
    500: '#4e207a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e207a;
$custom-light: #8460a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e207a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36117,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E207A

secondary

#7AAD49

accent

#E24692

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E207A

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

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