#4E29A5#4E29A5

#4E29A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.184 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E29A5
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 165)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, 46.72, -60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 76.48, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0608 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.184 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7244, 5.9217, 36.1679)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E29A5 #80A529

analogous

#2942A5 #4E29A5 #8C29A5

triadic

#4E29A5 #A54E29 #29A54E

tetradic

#4E29A5 #A52942 #80A529 #29A58C

square

#4E29A5 #A52942 #80A529 #29A58C

split-complementary

#4E29A5 #A58C29 #42A529

monochromatic

#201143 #371D74 #4E29A5 #683DCF #8E6EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4E29A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E29A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E29A5

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E29A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E29A5	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e29a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.184 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967c1',
    500: '#4e29a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e29a5;
$custom-light: #8967c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e29a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.903,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41064,
    "c": 0.18435,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E29A5

secondary

#A7C268

accent

#E344B4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E29A5

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

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