#4E218B#4E218B

#4E218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.163 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E218B
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, 43.45, -50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 66.79, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0744 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.163 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3447, 4.5713, 24.8638)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E218B #5E8B21

analogous

#21298B #4E218B #83218B

triadic

#4E218B #8B4E21 #218B4E

tetradic

#4E218B #8B2129 #5E8B21 #218B83

square

#4E218B #8B2129 #5E8B21 #218B83

split-complementary

#4E218B #8B8321 #298B21

monochromatic

#160A28 #32155A #4E218B #6A2DBC #8951D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#4E218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E218B

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E218B	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.163 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661ae',
    500: '#4e218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e218b;
$custom-light: #8661ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37709,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E218B

secondary

#8CB94F

accent

#E543A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E218B

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

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