#4E26B0#4E26B0

#4E26B0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.200 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26B0
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 176)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 78.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 51.25, -66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 83.77, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.06 -0.1907)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.2 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6691, 6.1399, 41.6361)
Luminance	0.0614 (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

#4E26B0 #88B026

analogous

#2643B0 #4E26B0 #9326B0

triadic

#4E26B0 #B04E26 #26B04E

tetradic

#4E26B0 #B02643 #88B026 #26B093

square

#4E26B0 #B02643 #88B026 #26B093

split-complementary

#4E26B0 #B09326 #43B026

monochromatic

#21104B #381B7E #4E26B0 #6A3ED5 #9170E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4E26B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E26B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26B0

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26B0	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.200 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66c9',
    500: '#4e26b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26b0;
$custom-light: #8b66c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.391,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41767,
    "c": 0.19993,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26B0

secondary

#ACC76B

accent

#E740B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26B0

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

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