#4E289A#4E289A

#4E289A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.173 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E289A
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 154)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 74%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.03, 44.11, -55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.03, 71.13, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0644 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.173 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7318, 5.4700, 31.1086)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E289A #749A28

analogous

#283B9A #4E289A #87289A

triadic

#4E289A #9A4E28 #289A4E

tetradic

#4E289A #9A283B #749A28 #289A87

square

#4E289A #9A283B #749A28 #289A87

split-complementary

#4E289A #9A8728 #3B9A28

monochromatic

#1D0F39 #351B69 #4E289A #6735CA #8B65D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#4E289A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E289A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E289A

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E289A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E289A	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e289a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.173 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b9',
    500: '#4e289a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e289a;
$custom-light: #8766b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e289a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39924,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E289A

secondary

#9EBD61

accent

#E246AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E289A

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

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