#4E289D#4E289D

#4E289D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.176 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E289D
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 74.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 44.96, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 72.75, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.0636 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.176 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9848, 5.5712, 32.4410)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E289D #779D28

analogous

#283C9D #4E289D #88289D

triadic

#4E289D #9D4E28 #289D4E

tetradic

#4E289D #9D283C #779D28 #289D88

square

#4E289D #9D283C #779D28 #289D88

split-complementary

#4E289D #9D8828 #3C9D28

monochromatic

#1E0F3B #361C6C #4E289D #6736CC #8C67D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E289D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E289D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E289D

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E289D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E289D	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e289d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.176 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866bb',
    500: '#4e289d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e289d;
$custom-light: #8866bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e289d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.487,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40198,
    "c": 0.17608,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E289D

secondary

#A1BE62

accent

#E345AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E289D

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

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