#4E26A9#4E26A9

#4E26A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.192 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26A9
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 169)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 77.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 49.30, -63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 80.14, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% 0.0621 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.192 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9943, 5.8700, 38.0821)
Luminance	0.0587 (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

#4E26A9 #81A926

analogous

#263FA9 #4E26A9 #9026A9

triadic

#4E26A9 #A94E26 #26A94E

tetradic

#4E26A9 #A9263F #81A926 #26A990

square

#4E26A9 #A9263F #81A926 #26A990

split-complementary

#4E26A9 #A99026 #3FA926

monochromatic

#201045 #371B77 #4E26A9 #683AD3 #8E6CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4E26A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E26A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26A9

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26A9	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.192 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a65c4',
    500: '#4e26a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26a9;
$custom-light: #8a65c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.321,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41086,
    "c": 0.19201,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26A9

secondary

#A8C467

accent

#E641B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26A9

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

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