#4E26A6#4E26A6

#4E26A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.189 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26A6
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 166)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 77.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 48.46, -61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 78.57, 308.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.0629 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.189 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7159, 5.7586, 36.6159)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E26A6 #7EA626

analogous

#263EA6 #4E26A6 #8E26A6

triadic

#4E26A6 #A64E26 #26A64E

tetradic

#4E26A6 #A6263E #7EA626 #26A68E

square

#4E26A6 #A6263E #7EA626 #26A68E

split-complementary

#4E26A6 #A68E26 #3EA626

monochromatic

#1F0F42 #371B74 #4E26A6 #6838D1 #8E6ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4E26A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E26A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26A6

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26A6	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.189 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965c2',
    500: '#4e26a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26a6;
$custom-light: #8965c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40799,
    "c": 0.1886,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26A6

secondary

#A6C365

accent

#E642B3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26A6

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

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