#4E26C9#4E26C9

#4E26C9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.228 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26C9
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 201)
HSL	hsl(255, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(255, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 81.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, 58.17, -76.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 96.38, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.29% 0.0521 -0.2216)
OKLCH	oklch(44.29% 0.228 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3743, 7.2220, 55.8835)
Luminance	0.0722 (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

#4E26C9 #A1C926

analogous

#2650C9 #4E26C9 #A026C9

triadic

#4E26C9 #C94E26 #26C94E

tetradic

#4E26C9 #C92650 #A1C926 #26C9A0

square

#4E26C9 #C92650 #A1C926 #26C9A0

split-complementary

#4E26C9 #C9A026 #50C926

monochromatic

#261362 #3A1C96 #4E26C9 #724FDE #9B82E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#4E26C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E26C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26C9

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26C9	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.228 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67db',
    500: '#4e26c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26c9;
$custom-light: #8f67db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.724,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44289,
    "c": 0.22763,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26C9

secondary

#BBD07B

accent

#EB3DC0

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26C9

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

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