#4E299D#4E299D

#4E299D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.175 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E299D
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 73.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 44.45, -56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 72.20, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0628 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.175 291)
XYZ	xyz(10.0189, 5.6395, 32.4524)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E299D #789D29

analogous

#293E9D #4E299D #88299D

triadic

#4E299D #9D4E29 #299D4E

tetradic

#4E299D #9D293E #789D29 #299D88

square

#4E299D #9D293E #789D29 #299D88

split-complementary

#4E299D #9D8829 #3E9D29

monochromatic

#1E103C #361C6C #4E299D #6738CB #8C69D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4E299D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E299D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E299D

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E299D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E299D	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e299d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.175 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866bb',
    500: '#4e299d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e299d;
$custom-light: #8866bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e299d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.138,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40325,
    "c": 0.17496,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.0564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E299D

secondary

#A1BE64

accent

#E246B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E299D

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

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