#4E299F#4E299F

#4E299F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.177 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E299F
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 159)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.66, 45.02, -57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.66, 73.28, 307.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0623 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.177 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1910, 5.7084, 33.3590)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E299F #7A9F29

analogous

#293F9F #4E299F #89299F

triadic

#4E299F #9F4E29 #299F4E

tetradic

#4E299F #9F293F #7A9F29 #299F89

square

#4E299F #9F293F #7A9F29 #299F89

split-complementary

#4E299F #9F8929 #3F9F29

monochromatic

#1E103E #361C6E #4E299F #6739CC #8D6AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E299F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E299F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E299F

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E299F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E299F	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e299f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.177 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866bc',
    500: '#4e299f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e299f;
$custom-light: #8866bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e299f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.814,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40508,
    "c": 0.17732,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E299F

secondary

#A3BF65

accent

#E246B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E299F

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

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