#4E26A3#4E26A3

#4E26A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.185 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26A3
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 163)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 76.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 47.63, -60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 77.00, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0637 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.185 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4440, 5.6498, 35.1835)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.13

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E26A3 #7BA326

analogous

#263DA3 #4E26A3 #8D26A3

triadic

#4E26A3 #A34E26 #26A34E

tetradic

#4E26A3 #A3263D #7BA326 #26A38D

square

#4E26A3 #A3263D #7BA326 #26A38D

split-complementary

#4E26A3 #A38D26 #3DA326

monochromatic

#1F0F40 #361A71 #4E26A3 #6736D0 #8D68DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4E26A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E26A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26A3

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26A3	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.185 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965bf',
    500: '#4e26a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26a3;
$custom-light: #8965bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40513,
    "c": 0.18517,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26A3

secondary

#A3C263

accent

#E543B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26A3

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

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