#4E20A9#4E20A9

#4E20A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.198 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E20A9
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 169)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.16, 51.97, -64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.16, 82.99, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.0662 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.198 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8177, 5.5168, 38.0233)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E20A9 #7BA920

analogous

#2037A9 #4E20A9 #9320A9

triadic

#4E20A9 #A94E20 #20A94E

tetradic

#4E20A9 #A92037 #7BA920 #20A993

square

#4E20A9 #A92037 #7BA920 #20A993

split-complementary

#4E20A9 #A99320 #37A920

monochromatic

#1F0D42 #361676 #4E20A9 #672FD8 #8D62E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4E20A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E20A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E20A9

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E20A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E20A9	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e20a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.198 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62c4',
    500: '#4e20a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e20a9;
$custom-light: #8a62c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e20a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.146,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40444,
    "c": 0.19754,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E20A9

secondary

#A3C65F

accent

#EB3DB1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E20A9

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

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