#4E20AF#4E20AF

#4E20AF is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.204 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E20AF
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 175)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 81.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 53.58, -67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 86.03, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0642 -0.1937)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.204 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3940, 5.7473, 41.0581)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E20AF #81AF20

analogous

#2039AF #4E20AF #9520AF

triadic

#4E20AF #AF4E20 #20AF4E

tetradic

#4E20AF #AF2039 #81AF20 #20AF95

square

#4E20AF #AF2039 #81AF20 #20AF95

split-complementary

#4E20AF #AF9520 #39AF20

monochromatic

#200D48 #37177B #4E20AF #6833DA #8E66E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4E20AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E20AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E20AF

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E20AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E20AF	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e20af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.204 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63c8',
    500: '#4e20af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e20af;
$custom-light: #8b63c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e20af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.301,
    "s": 69.082,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41045,
    "c": 0.20407,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E20AF

secondary

#A8C862

accent

#EC3CB3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E20AF

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

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