#4E299B#4E299B

#4E299B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.173 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E299B
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 43.88, -55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 71.12, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0632 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.173 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8495, 5.5718, 31.5605)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E299B #769B29

analogous

#293D9B #4E299B #87299B

triadic

#4E299B #9B4E29 #299B4E

tetradic

#4E299B #9B293D #769B29 #299B87

square

#4E299B #9B293D #769B29 #299B87

split-complementary

#4E299B #9B8729 #3D9B29

monochromatic

#1D0F3A #361C6B #4E299B #6737CA #8C67D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E299B

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E299B	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.173 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b9',
    500: '#4e299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e299b;
$custom-light: #8766b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.474,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40144,
    "c": 0.1726,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E299B

secondary

#A0BD63

accent

#E146AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E299B

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

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