#4E289F#4E289F

#4E289F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.178 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E289F
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 159)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 45.52, -58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 73.82, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0632 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.178 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1569, 5.6401, 33.3476)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E289F #799F28

analogous

#283D9F #4E289F #8A289F

triadic

#4E289F #9F4E28 #289F4E

tetradic

#4E289F #9F283D #799F28 #289F8A

square

#4E289F #9F283D #799F28 #289F8A

split-complementary

#4E289F #9F8A28 #3D9F28

monochromatic

#1E0F3D #361C6E #4E289F #6737CD #8C68D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4E289F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E289F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E289F

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E289F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E289F	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e289f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.178 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866bc',
    500: '#4e289f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e289f;
$custom-light: #8866bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e289f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.16,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40382,
    "c": 0.17843,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E289F

secondary

#A2BF64

accent

#E345B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E289F

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

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