#4E218C#4E218C

#4E218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.164 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E218C
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 43.71, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 67.33, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0742 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.164 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4181, 4.6007, 25.2504)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E218C #5F8C21

analogous

#21298C #4E218C #84218C

triadic

#4E218C #8C4E21 #218C4E

tetradic

#4E218C #8C2129 #5F8C21 #218C84

square

#4E218C #8C2129 #5F8C21 #218C84

split-complementary

#4E218C #8C8421 #298C21

monochromatic

#170A29 #32155A #4E218C #6A2DBE #8951D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#4E218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E218C

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E218C	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.164 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661ae',
    500: '#4e218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e218c;
$custom-light: #8661ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.234,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37798,
    "c": 0.16428,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E218C

secondary

#8DB94F

accent

#E543A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E218C

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

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