#4E209D#4E209D

#4E209D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.184 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E209D
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 157)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 79.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.98, 48.74, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.98, 76.81, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% 0.0702 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.184 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7425, 5.0867, 32.3603)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E209D #6F9D20

analogous

#20309D #4E209D #8D209D

triadic

#4E209D #9D4E20 #209D4E

tetradic

#4E209D #9D2030 #6F9D20 #209D8D

square

#4E209D #9D2030 #6F9D20 #209D8D

split-complementary

#4E209D #9D8D20 #309D20

monochromatic

#1B0B37 #35166A #4E209D #672AD0 #8A5ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#4E209D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E209D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E209D

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E209D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E209D	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e209d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.184 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862bb',
    500: '#4e209d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e209d;
$custom-light: #8862bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e209d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.08,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3927,
    "c": 0.18435,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E209D

secondary

#9AC157

accent

#E93FAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E209D

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

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