#4E207E#4E207E

#4E207E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.150 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E207E
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 74.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 40.49, -44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 60.29, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0784 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.15 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4234, 4.1590, 20.1463)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.43

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E207E #507E20

analogous

#20217E #4E207E #7D207E

triadic

#4E207E #7E4E20 #207E4E

tetradic

#4E207E #7E2021 #507E20 #207E7D

square

#4E207E #7E2021 #507E20 #207E7D

split-complementary

#4E207E #7E7D20 #217E20

monochromatic

#12071C #30144D #4E207E #6C2CAF #8B48D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4E207E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E207E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E207E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E207E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E207E	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e207e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.150 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a4',
    500: '#4e207e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e207e;
$custom-light: #8460a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e207e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.362,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36453,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E207E

secondary

#7EB149

accent

#E34596

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E207E

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

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