#4E298C#4E298C

#4E298C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.155 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E298C
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.01, 39.65, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.01, 62.91, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0663 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.155 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6672, 5.0988, 25.3334)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E298C #678C29

analogous

#29368C #4E298C #7F298C

triadic

#4E298C #8C4E29 #298C4E

tetradic

#4E298C #8C2936 #678C29 #298C7F

square

#4E298C #8C2936 #678C29 #298C7F

split-complementary

#4E298C #8C7F29 #368C29

monochromatic

#190D2D #341B5D #4E298C #6837BB #895FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#4E298C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E298C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E298C

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E298C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E298C	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e298c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.155 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566ae',
    500: '#4e298c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e298c;
$custom-light: #8566ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e298c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.424,
    "s": 54.696,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38826,
    "c": 0.1546,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E298C

secondary

#94B65B

accent

#DE4AA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E298C

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

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