#4E269E#4E269E

#4E269E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.179 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E269E
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 75.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 46.23, -58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 74.35, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.0651 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.179 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0048, 5.4742, 32.8706)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E269E #769E26

analogous

#263A9E #4E269E #8A269E

triadic

#4E269E #9E4E26 #269E4E

tetradic

#4E269E #9E263A #769E26 #269E8A

square

#4E269E #9E263A #769E26 #269E8A

split-complementary

#4E269E #9E8A26 #3A9E26

monochromatic

#1D0E3B #361A6D #4E269E #6733CE #8C65DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#4E269E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E269E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E269E

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E269E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E269E	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e269e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.179 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865bc',
    500: '#4e269e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e269e;
$custom-light: #8865bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e269e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40044,
    "c": 0.17942,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E269E

secondary

#A0C060

accent

#E443AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E269E

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

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