#4E208F#4E208F

#4E208F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.169 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E208F
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 77.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.67, 44.98, -52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.67, 69.44, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0743 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.169 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6150, 4.6357, 26.4222)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E208F #618F20

analogous

#20298F #4E208F #86208F

triadic

#4E208F #8F4E20 #208F4E

tetradic

#4E208F #8F2029 #618F20 #208F86

square

#4E208F #8F2029 #618F20 #208F86

split-complementary

#4E208F #8F8620 #298F20

monochromatic

#170A2B #33155D #4E208F #692BC1 #8951D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#4E208F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E208F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E208F

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E208F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E208F	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e208f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.169 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661b1',
    500: '#4e208f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e208f;
$custom-light: #8661b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e208f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.865,
    "s": 63.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37955,
    "c": 0.16876,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E208F

secondary

#8FBB4F

accent

#E641A2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E208F

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

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