#4E298F#4E298F

#4E298F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.158 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E298F
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 143)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.27, 40.49, -50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.27, 64.57, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0657 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.158 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8914, 5.1885, 26.5143)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E298F #6A8F29

analogous

#29378F #4E298F #81298F

triadic

#4E298F #8F4E29 #298F4E

tetradic

#4E298F #8F2937 #6A8F29 #298F81

square

#4E298F #8F2937 #6A8F29 #298F81

split-complementary

#4E298F #8F8129 #378F29

monochromatic

#1A0E30 #341B5F #4E298F #6837BF #8A61D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4E298F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E298F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E298F

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E298F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E298F	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e298f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.158 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b1',
    500: '#4e298f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e298f;
$custom-light: #8666b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e298f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.765,
    "s": 55.435,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39083,
    "c": 0.15823,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E298F

secondary

#96B75C

accent

#DF49A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E298F

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

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