#4E298E#4E298E

#4E298E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.157 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E298E
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.18, 40.21, -49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.18, 64.02, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39% 0.0659 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(39% 0.157 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8160, 5.1583, 26.1171)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E298E #698E29

analogous

#29368E #4E298E #80298E

triadic

#4E298E #8E4E29 #298E4E

tetradic

#4E298E #8E2936 #698E29 #298E80

square

#4E298E #8E2936 #698E29 #298E80

split-complementary

#4E298E #8E8029 #368E29

monochromatic

#1A0E2F #341B5F #4E298E #6837BD #8A60D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#4E298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E298E

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E298E	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.157 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b0',
    500: '#4e298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e298e;
$custom-light: #8666b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.98,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38997,
    "c": 0.15702,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E298E

secondary

#96B75C

accent

#DF49A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E298E

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

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