#4E207C#4E207C

#4E207C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.147 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E207C
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 39.97, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 59.20, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(36.28% 0.0788 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(36.28% 0.147 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2956, 4.1079, 19.4734)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E207C #4E7C20

analogous

#20207C #4E207C #7C207C

triadic

#4E207C #7C4E20 #207C4E

tetradic

#4E207C #7C2020 #4E7C20 #207C7C

square

#4E207C #7C2020 #4E7C20 #207C7C

split-complementary

#4E207C #7C7C20 #207C20

monochromatic

#11071B #2F134B #4E207C #6D2DAD #8B47CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4E207C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E207C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E207C

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E207C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E207C	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e207c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.147 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a3',
    500: '#4e207c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e207c;
$custom-light: #8460a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e207c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36284,
    "c": 0.14727,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E207C

secondary

#7CAF49

accent

#E24694

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E207C

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

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