#4E29A6#4E29A6

#4E29A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.186 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E29A6
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 166)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 75.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 47.01, -61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 77.02, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.0605 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.186 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.8158, 5.9582, 36.6492)
Luminance	0.0596 (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

#4E29A6 #81A629

analogous

#2942A6 #4E29A6 #8C29A6

triadic

#4E29A6 #A64E29 #29A64E

tetradic

#4E29A6 #A62942 #81A629 #29A68C

square

#4E29A6 #A62942 #81A629 #29A68C

split-complementary

#4E29A6 #A68C29 #42A629

monochromatic

#201144 #371D75 #4E29A6 #683DCF #8E6EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4E29A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E29A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E29A6

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E29A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E29A6	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e29a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.186 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967c1',
    500: '#4e29a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e29a6;
$custom-light: #8967c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e29a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.76,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41158,
    "c": 0.18552,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.05959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E29A6

secondary

#A8C269

accent

#E444B4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E29A6

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

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