#4E299E#4E299E

#4E299E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.176 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E299E
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 44.73, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 72.74, 307.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0625 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.176 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1046, 5.6738, 32.9039)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E299E #799E29

analogous

#293F9E #4E299E #89299E

triadic

#4E299E #9E4E29 #299E4E

tetradic

#4E299E #9E293F #799E29 #299E89

square

#4E299E #9E293F #799E29 #299E89

split-complementary

#4E299E #9E8929 #3F9E29

monochromatic

#1E103D #361C6D #4E299E #6739CC #8C69D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4E299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E299E

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E299E	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.176 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866bc',
    500: '#4e299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e299e;
$custom-light: #8866bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.974,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40417,
    "c": 0.17614,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E299E

secondary

#A2BF64

accent

#E246B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E299E

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

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