#4E207B#4E207B

#4E207B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.146 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E207B
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 74%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 39.71, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 58.66, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.079 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.146 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2327, 4.0828, 19.1421)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E207B #4D7B20

analogous

#21207B #4E207B #7B207A

triadic

#4E207B #7B4E20 #207B4E

tetradic

#4E207B #7B2120 #4D7B20 #207A7B

square

#4E207B #7B2120 #4D7B20 #207A7B

split-complementary

#4E207B #7A7B20 #207B21

monochromatic

#10071A #2F134A #4E207B #6D2DAC #8B46CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4E207B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E207B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E207B

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E207B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E207B	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e207b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.146 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a2',
    500: '#4e207b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e207b;
$custom-light: #8460a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e207b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.33,
    "s": 58.71,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.362,
    "c": 0.14614,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E207B

secondary

#7BAE49

accent

#E24693

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E207B

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

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