#4E218A#4E218A

#4E218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.162 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E218A
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 43.18, -50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 66.26, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0747 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.162 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2720, 4.5422, 24.4807)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E218A #5D8A21

analogous

#21288A #4E218A #82218A

triadic

#4E218A #8A4E21 #218A4E

tetradic

#4E218A #8A2128 #5D8A21 #218A82

square

#4E218A #8A2128 #5D8A21 #218A82

split-complementary

#4E218A #8A8221 #288A21

monochromatic

#160927 #321559 #4E218A #6A2DBB #8950D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#4E218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E218A

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E218A	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.162 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661ad',
    500: '#4e218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e218a;
$custom-light: #8661ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37619,
    "c": 0.16201,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E218A

secondary

#8BB94E

accent

#E5439F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E218A

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

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