#4E29A1#4E29A1

#4E29A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.180 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E29A1
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 161)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 74.5%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 45.59, -58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 74.35, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0618 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.18 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3660, 5.7783, 34.2804)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E29A1 #7CA129

analogous

#2940A1 #4E29A1 #8A29A1

triadic

#4E29A1 #A14E29 #29A14E

tetradic

#4E29A1 #A12940 #7CA129 #29A18A

square

#4E29A1 #A12940 #7CA129 #29A18A

split-complementary

#4E29A1 #A18A29 #40A129

monochromatic

#1F103F #361D70 #4E29A1 #673ACD #8D6BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4E29A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E29A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E29A1

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E29A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E29A1	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e29a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.180 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867be',
    500: '#4e29a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e29a1;
$custom-light: #8867be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e29a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40692,
    "c": 0.17967,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E29A1

secondary

#A4C066

accent

#E345B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E29A1

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

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