#4E298B#4E298B

#4E298B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.153 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E298B
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, 39.36, -48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 62.36, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0664 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.153 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5938, 5.0695, 24.9468)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E298B #668B29

analogous

#29358B #4E298B #7F298B

triadic

#4E298B #8B4E29 #298B4E

tetradic

#4E298B #8B2935 #668B29 #298B7F

square

#4E298B #8B2935 #668B29 #298B7F

split-complementary

#4E298B #8B7F29 #358B29

monochromatic

#190D2C #331B5C #4E298B #6937BA #895FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#4E298B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E298B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E298B

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E298B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E298B	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e298b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.153 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566ae',
    500: '#4e298b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e298b;
$custom-light: #8566ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e298b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.653,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38741,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E298B

secondary

#93B55B

accent

#DE4AA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E298B

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

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