#4E20A6#4E20A6

#4E20A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.194 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E20A6
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 166)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 80.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.86, 51.16, -63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.86, 81.46, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% 0.0672 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.194 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5393, 5.4054, 36.5570)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E20A6 #78A620

analogous

#2035A6 #4E20A6 #9120A6

triadic

#4E20A6 #A64E20 #20A64E

tetradic

#4E20A6 #A62035 #78A620 #20A691

square

#4E20A6 #A62035 #78A620 #20A691

split-complementary

#4E20A6 #A69120 #35A620

monochromatic

#1E0C3F #361673 #4E20A6 #672DD6 #8C60E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4E20A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E20A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E20A6

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E20A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E20A6	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e20a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.194 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62c2',
    500: '#4e20a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e20a6;
$custom-light: #8a62c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e20a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.597,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40147,
    "c": 0.19425,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E20A6

secondary

#A1C55D

accent

#EB3DAF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E20A6

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

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