#4E207F#4E207F

#4E207F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.151 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E207F
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 40.75, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 60.84, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0782 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.151 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4882, 4.1850, 20.4878)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E207F #517F20

analogous

#20217F #4E207F #7D207F

triadic

#4E207F #7F4E20 #207F4E

tetradic

#4E207F #7F2021 #517F20 #207F7D

square

#4E207F #7F2021 #517F20 #207F7D

split-complementary

#4E207F #7F7D20 #217F20

monochromatic

#12071D #30144E #4E207F #6C2CB0 #8B48D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4E207F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E207F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E207F

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E207F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E207F	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e207f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.151 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a5',
    500: '#4e207f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e207f;
$custom-light: #8460a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e207f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.053,
    "s": 59.748,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36538,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E207F

secondary

#7FB249

accent

#E34596

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E207F

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

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