#4E269D#4E269D

#4E269D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.178 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E269D
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 157)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 75.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.95, 45.95, -57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.95, 73.82, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0654 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.178 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9191, 5.4399, 32.4191)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E269D #759D26

analogous

#26399D #4E269D #89269D

triadic

#4E269D #9D4E26 #269D4E

tetradic

#4E269D #9D2639 #759D26 #269D89

square

#4E269D #9D2639 #759D26 #269D89

split-complementary

#4E269D #9D8926 #399D26

monochromatic

#1D0E3A #361A6C #4E269D #6733CE #8B64D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#4E269D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E269D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E269D

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E269D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E269D	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e269d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.178 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865bb',
    500: '#4e269d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e269d;
$custom-light: #8865bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e269d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.168,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39951,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E269D

secondary

#9FBF60

accent

#E444AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E269D

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

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