#4E29A0#4E29A0

#4E29A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.178 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E29A0
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 160)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 45.30, -58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 73.82, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.062 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.179 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2782, 5.7432, 33.8179)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E29A0 #7BA029

analogous

#2940A0 #4E29A0 #8929A0

triadic

#4E29A0 #A04E29 #29A04E

tetradic

#4E29A0 #A02940 #7BA029 #29A089

square

#4E29A0 #A02940 #7BA029 #29A089

split-complementary

#4E29A0 #A08929 #40A029

monochromatic

#1F103F #361D6F #4E29A0 #673ACC #8D6AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4E29A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E29A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E29A0

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E29A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E29A0	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e29a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.178 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867bd',
    500: '#4e29a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e29a0;
$custom-light: #8867bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e29a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.655,
    "s": 59.204,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.406,
    "c": 0.1785,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E29A0

secondary

#A3BF65

accent

#E245B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E29A0

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

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