#4E29AB#4E29AB

#4E29AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.191 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E29AB
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 171)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 76%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, 48.43, -63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 79.66, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.0592 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.191 288)
XYZ	xyz(11.2833, 6.1453, 39.1118)
Luminance	0.0615 (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

#4E29AB #86AB29

analogous

#2945AB #4E29AB #8F29AB

triadic

#4E29AB #AB4E29 #29AB4E

tetradic

#4E29AB #AB2945 #86AB29 #29AB8F

square

#4E29AB #AB2945 #86AB29 #29AB8F

split-complementary

#4E29AB #AB8F29 #45AB29

monochromatic

#211148 #371D7A #4E29AB #6940D1 #9071DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4E29AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E29AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E29AB

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E29AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E29AB	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e29ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.191 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67c5',
    500: '#4e29ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e29ab;
$custom-light: #8a67c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e29ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.077,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4163,
    "c": 0.19132,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.06146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E29AB

secondary

#ABC46C

accent

#E443B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E29AB

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

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