#4E289B#4E289B

#4E289B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.174 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E289B
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 44.39, -56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 71.67, 308.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0641 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.174 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8154, 5.5035, 31.5491)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E289B #759B28

analogous

#283B9B #4E289B #87289B

triadic

#4E289B #9B4E28 #289B4E

tetradic

#4E289B #9B283B #759B28 #289B87

square

#4E289B #9B283B #759B28 #289B87

split-complementary

#4E289B #9B8728 #3B9B28

monochromatic

#1D0F3A #361B6A #4E289B #6735CB #8B66D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#4E289B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E289B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E289B

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E289B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E289B	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e289b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.174 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b9',
    500: '#4e289b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e289b;
$custom-light: #8766b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e289b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.826,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40015,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E289B

secondary

#9FBD61

accent

#E246AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E289B

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

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