#4E29B3#4E29B3

#4E29B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.201 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E29B3
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 179)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 50.69, -66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 83.83, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.057 -0.1922)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.201 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0691, 6.4596, 43.2499)
Luminance	0.0646 (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

#4E29B3 #8EB329

analogous

#2949B3 #4E29B3 #9329B3

triadic

#4E29B3 #B34E29 #29B34E

tetradic

#4E29B3 #B32949 #8EB329 #29B393

square

#4E29B3 #B32949 #8EB329 #29B393

split-complementary

#4E29B3 #B39329 #49B329

monochromatic

#23124F #381E81 #4E29B3 #6B45D4 #9377E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E29B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E29B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E29B3

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E29B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E29B3	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e29b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.201 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67cb',
    500: '#4e29b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e29b3;
$custom-light: #8b67cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e29b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.087,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.424,
    "c": 0.20051,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E29B3

secondary

#B0C770

accent

#E642BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E29B3

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

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