#4E20A1#4E20A1

#4E20A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.189 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E20A1
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 161)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 80.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.37, 49.82, -61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.37, 78.88, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% 0.0689 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.189 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0896, 5.2255, 34.1883)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E20A1 #73A120

analogous

#2033A1 #4E20A1 #8E20A1

triadic

#4E20A1 #A14E20 #20A14E

tetradic

#4E20A1 #A12033 #73A120 #20A18E

square

#4E20A1 #A12033 #73A120 #20A18E

split-complementary

#4E20A1 #A18E20 #33A120

monochromatic

#1D0C3B #35166E #4E20A1 #672AD4 #8B5DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#4E20A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E20A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E20A1

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E20A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E20A1	1.00	10.27	2.05	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e20a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.189 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962be',
    500: '#4e20a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e20a1;
$custom-light: #8962be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e20a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.395,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39657,
    "c": 0.18875,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E20A1

secondary

#9EC35A

accent

#EA3EAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E20A1

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

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