#4E289C#4E289C

#4E289C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.175 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E289C
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 156)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 74.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, 44.68, -56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 72.21, 308.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.11% 0.0639 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(40.11% 0.175 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8997, 5.5372, 31.9932)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E289C #769C28

analogous

#283C9C #4E289C #88289C

triadic

#4E289C #9C4E28 #289C4E

tetradic

#4E289C #9C283C #769C28 #289C88

square

#4E289C #9C283C #769C28 #289C88

split-complementary

#4E289C #9C8828 #3C9C28

monochromatic

#1D0F3B #361C6B #4E289C #6736CB #8C67D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E289C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E289C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E289C

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E289C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E289C	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e289c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.175 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866ba',
    500: '#4e289c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e289c;
$custom-light: #8866ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e289c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.655,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40107,
    "c": 0.1749,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E289C

secondary

#A0BE62

accent

#E245AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E289C

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

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