#4E26B1#4E26B1

#4E26B1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.201 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26B1
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 177)
HSL	hsl(257, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 78.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 51.53, -66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 84.29, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.0597 -0.192)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.201 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7684, 6.1796, 42.1591)
Luminance	0.0618 (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

#4E26B1 #89B126

analogous

#2644B1 #4E26B1 #9326B1

triadic

#4E26B1 #B14E26 #26B14E

tetradic

#4E26B1 #B12644 #89B126 #26B193

square

#4E26B1 #B12644 #89B126 #26B193

split-complementary

#4E26B1 #B19326 #44B126

monochromatic

#22104C #381B7F #4E26B1 #6A3FD6 #9171E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E26B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E26B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26B1

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26B1	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.201 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66ca',
    500: '#4e26b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26b1;
$custom-light: #8b66ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.266,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41865,
    "c": 0.20106,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26B1

secondary

#ADC76B

accent

#E840B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26B1

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

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