#4E289E#4E289E

#4E289E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.177 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E289E
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 74.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 45.24, -57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 73.29, 308.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.0634 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.177 291)
XYZ	xyz(10.0705, 5.6055, 32.8925)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E289E #789E28

analogous

#283D9E #4E289E #89289E

triadic

#4E289E #9E4E28 #289E4E

tetradic

#4E289E #9E283D #789E28 #289E89

square

#4E289E #9E283D #789E28 #289E89

split-complementary

#4E289E #9E8928 #3D9E28

monochromatic

#1E0F3C #361C6D #4E289E #6737CC #8C68D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4E289E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E289E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E289E

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E289E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E289E	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e289e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.177 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866bc',
    500: '#4e289e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e289e;
$custom-light: #8866bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e289e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.322,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4029,
    "c": 0.17725,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.05606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E289E

secondary

#A1BF63

accent

#E345B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E289E

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

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