#4E298D#4E298D

#4E298D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.156 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E298D
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.10, 39.93, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.10, 63.47, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.0661 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.156 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7413, 5.1284, 25.7235)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E298D #688D29

analogous

#29368D #4E298D #80298D

triadic

#4E298D #8D4E29 #298D4E

tetradic

#4E298D #8D2936 #688D29 #298D80

square

#4E298D #8D2936 #688D29 #298D80

split-complementary

#4E298D #8D8029 #368D29

monochromatic

#1A0D2E #341B5E #4E298D #6837BC #8A60D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#4E298D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E298D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E298D

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E298D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E298D	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e298d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.156 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566af',
    500: '#4e298d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e298d;
$custom-light: #8566af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e298d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.2,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38911,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E298D

secondary

#95B65B

accent

#DE4AA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E298D

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

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