#4E26CA#4E26CA

#4E26CA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.229 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E26CA
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(255, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 81.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 58.45, -77.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 96.87, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.0518 -0.2228)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.229 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4924, 7.2692, 56.5051)
Luminance	0.0727 (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

#4E26CA #A2CA26

analogous

#2650CA #4E26CA #A026CA

triadic

#4E26CA #CA4E26 #26CA4E

tetradic

#4E26CA #CA2650 #A2CA26 #26CAA0

square

#4E26CA #CA2650 #A2CA26 #26CAA0

split-complementary

#4E26CA #CAA026 #50CA26

monochromatic

#261363 #3A1C96 #4E26CA #724FDE #9B83E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4E26CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E26CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E26CA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E26CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E26CA	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00597A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e26ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.229 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f67dc',
    500: '#4e26ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e26ca;
$custom-light: #8f67dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e26ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44393,
    "c": 0.22872,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E26CA

secondary

#BCD17B

accent

#EB3DC1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E26CA

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

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