#4E218F#4E218F

#4E218F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.168 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E218F
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.83, 44.52, -52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.83, 68.94, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.0734 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.168 296)
XYZ	xyz(8.6423, 4.6904, 26.4313)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E218F #628F21

analogous

#212B8F #4E218F #85218F

triadic

#4E218F #8F4E21 #218F4E

tetradic

#4E218F #8F212B #628F21 #218F85

square

#4E218F #8F212B #628F21 #218F85

split-complementary

#4E218F #8F8521 #2B8F21

monochromatic

#180A2C #33165D #4E218F #692CC1 #8953D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#4E218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E218F

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E218F	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.168 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661b1',
    500: '#4e218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e218f;
$custom-light: #8661b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3807,
    "c": 0.16767,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E218F

secondary

#90BB51

accent

#E642A3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E218F

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

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