#4E26B4#4E26B4

#4E26B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.204 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26B4
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 180)
HSL	hsl(257, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 78.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.16, 52.37, -68.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.16, 85.83, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.0588 -0.1958)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.204 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0707, 6.3005, 43.7512)
Luminance	0.0630 (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

#4E26B4 #8CB426

analogous

#2645B4 #4E26B4 #9526B4

triadic

#4E26B4 #B44E26 #26B44E

tetradic

#4E26B4 #B42645 #8CB426 #26B495

square

#4E26B4 #B42645 #8CB426 #26B495

split-complementary

#4E26B4 #B49526 #45B426

monochromatic

#22114F #381B81 #4E26B4 #6B40D7 #9273E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#4E26B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E26B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26B4

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26B4	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.204 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b66cc',
    500: '#4e26b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26b4;
$custom-light: #8b66cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.901,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42161,
    "c": 0.20443,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26B4

secondary

#AFC96D

accent

#E840B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26B4

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

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