#4E26A1#4E26A1

#4E26A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.183 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26A1
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 161)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 76.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.32, 47.07, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.32, 75.94, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0643 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.183 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2662, 5.5787, 34.2472)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E26A1 #79A126

analogous

#263CA1 #4E26A1 #8C26A1

triadic

#4E26A1 #A14E26 #26A14E

tetradic

#4E26A1 #A1263C #79A126 #26A18C

square

#4E26A1 #A1263C #79A126 #26A18C

split-complementary

#4E26A1 #A18C26 #3CA126

monochromatic

#1E0F3E #361A6F #4E26A1 #6735CF #8C66DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E26A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E26A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26A1

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26A1	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.183 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865be',
    500: '#4e26a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26a1;
$custom-light: #8865be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.512,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40325,
    "c": 0.18287,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26A1

secondary

#A2C162

accent

#E543B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26A1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →