#4E299A#4E299A

#4E299A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.171 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E299A
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 154)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 43.60, -55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 70.58, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0634 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.171 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7659, 5.5383, 31.1200)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E299A #759A29

analogous

#293C9A #4E299A #86299A

triadic

#4E299A #9A4E29 #299A4E

tetradic

#4E299A #9A293C #759A29 #299A86

square

#4E299A #9A293C #759A29 #299A86

split-complementary

#4E299A #9A8629 #3C9A29

monochromatic

#1D0F39 #361C6A #4E299A #6737CA #8B67D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E299A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E299A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E299A

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E299A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E299A	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e299a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.171 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b9',
    500: '#4e299a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e299a;
$custom-light: #8766b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e299a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.646,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40054,
    "c": 0.1714,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E299A

secondary

#9FBD62

accent

#E147AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E299A

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

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