#4E26B3#4E26B3

#4E26B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.203 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26B3
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 179)
HSL	hsl(257, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 78.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.06, 52.09, -67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.06, 85.32, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.0591 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.203 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9692, 6.2599, 43.2167)
Luminance	0.0626 (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

#4E26B3 #8BB326

analogous

#2645B3 #4E26B3 #9426B3

triadic

#4E26B3 #B34E26 #26B34E

tetradic

#4E26B3 #B32645 #8BB326 #26B394

square

#4E26B3 #B32645 #8BB326 #26B394

split-complementary

#4E26B3 #B39426 #45B326

monochromatic

#22114E #381B81 #4E26B3 #6B40D6 #9272E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#4E26B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E26B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26B3

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26B3	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.203 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66cb',
    500: '#4e26b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26b3;
$custom-light: #8b66cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.021,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42062,
    "c": 0.2033,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26B3

secondary

#AEC86D

accent

#E840B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26B3

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

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