#4E29B4#4E29B4

#4E29B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.202 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E29B4
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 180)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 77.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 50.98, -67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 84.35, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.0567 -0.1935)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.202 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1706, 6.5002, 43.7845)
Luminance	0.0650 (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

#4E29B4 #8FB429

analogous

#2949B4 #4E29B4 #9329B4

triadic

#4E29B4 #B44E29 #29B44E

tetradic

#4E29B4 #B42949 #8FB429 #29B493

square

#4E29B4 #B42949 #8FB429 #29B493

split-complementary

#4E29B4 #B49329 #49B429

monochromatic

#231250 #381E82 #4E29B4 #6C45D5 #9377E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#4E29B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E29B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E29B4

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E29B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E29B4	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e29b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.202 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68cc',
    500: '#4e29b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e29b4;
$custom-light: #8b68cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e29b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.971,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42498,
    "c": 0.20165,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E29B4

secondary

#B1C871

accent

#E642BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E29B4

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

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