#4E208B#4E208B

#4E208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.164 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E208B
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 43.92, -51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 67.31, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% 0.0754 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.164 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3174, 4.5166, 24.8547)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E208B #5D8B20

analogous

#20288B #4E208B #83208B

triadic

#4E208B #8B4E20 #208B4E

tetradic

#4E208B #8B2028 #5D8B20 #208B83

square

#4E208B #8B2028 #5D8B20 #208B83

split-complementary

#4E208B #8B8320 #288B20

monochromatic

#160928 #321559 #4E208B #6A2BBD #894FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#4E208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E208B

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E208B	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.164 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661ae',
    500: '#4e208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e208b;
$custom-light: #8661ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.794,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37592,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E208B

secondary

#8BBA4D

accent

#E6429F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E208B

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

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