#4E26A0#4E26A0

#4E26A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.182 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26A0
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 160)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 76.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 46.79, -59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 75.41, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0646 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.182 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1783, 5.5436, 33.7846)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E26A0 #78A026

analogous

#263BA0 #4E26A0 #8B26A0

triadic

#4E26A0 #A04E26 #26A04E

tetradic

#4E26A0 #A0263B #78A026 #26A08B

square

#4E26A0 #A0263B #78A026 #26A08B

split-complementary

#4E26A0 #A08B26 #3BA026

monochromatic

#1E0F3D #361A6F #4E26A0 #6734CF #8C66DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E26A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E26A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26A0

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26A0	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.182 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865bd',
    500: '#4e26a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26a0;
$custom-light: #8865bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.672,
    "s": 61.616,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40231,
    "c": 0.18172,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26A0

secondary

#A1C061

accent

#E543B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26A0

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

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