#4E299C#4E299C

#4E299C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.174 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E299C
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 44.17, -56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 71.66, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.063 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.174 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9339, 5.6055, 32.0046)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E299C #779C29

analogous

#293D9C #4E299C #87299C

triadic

#4E299C #9C4E29 #299C4E

tetradic

#4E299C #9C293D #779C29 #299C87

square

#4E299C #9C293D #779C29 #299C87

split-complementary

#4E299C #9C8729 #3D9C29

monochromatic

#1E103B #361C6C #4E299C #6738CB #8C68D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4E299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E299C

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E299C	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.174 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766ba',
    500: '#4e299c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e299c;
$custom-light: #8766ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.304,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40234,
    "c": 0.17378,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E299C

secondary

#A1BE63

accent

#E246B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E299C

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

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