#4E208E#4E208E

#4E208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.168 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E208E
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.58, 44.72, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.58, 68.91, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.0746 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.168 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5396, 4.6055, 26.0250)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E208E #608E20

analogous

#20298E #4E208E #85208E

triadic

#4E208E #8E4E20 #208E4E

tetradic

#4E208E #8E2029 #608E20 #208E85

square

#4E208E #8E2029 #608E20 #208E85

split-complementary

#4E208E #8E8520 #298E20

monochromatic

#17092A #33155C #4E208E #692BC0 #8951D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4E208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E208E

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E208E	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.168 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661b0',
    500: '#4e208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e208e;
$custom-light: #8661b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.091,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37864,
    "c": 0.16764,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E208E

secondary

#8EBB4F

accent

#E642A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E208E

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

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