#4E26A4#4E26A4

#4E26A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.186 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26A4
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 164)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 47.91, -60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 77.52, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.0635 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.186 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5339, 5.6858, 35.6572)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.02

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E26A4 #7CA426

analogous

#263DA4 #4E26A4 #8D26A4

triadic

#4E26A4 #A44E26 #26A44E

tetradic

#4E26A4 #A4263D #7CA426 #26A48D

square

#4E26A4 #A4263D #7CA426 #26A48D

split-complementary

#4E26A4 #A48D26 #3DA426

monochromatic

#1F0F41 #361A72 #4E26A4 #6837D1 #8D68DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E26A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E26A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26A4

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26A4	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.186 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965c0',
    500: '#4e26a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26a4;
$custom-light: #8965c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.048,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40608,
    "c": 0.18631,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26A4

secondary

#A4C264

accent

#E542B2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26A4

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

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