#4E29B6#4E29B6

#4E29B6 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.204 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E29B6
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 182)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 77.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 51.54, -68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 85.39, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.0562 -0.196)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.204 286)
XYZ	xyz(12.3758, 6.5823, 44.8653)
Luminance	0.0658 (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

#4E29B6 #91B629

analogous

#294AB6 #4E29B6 #9429B6

triadic

#4E29B6 #B64E29 #29B64E

tetradic

#4E29B6 #B6294A #91B629 #29B694

square

#4E29B6 #B6294A #91B629 #29B694

split-complementary

#4E29B6 #B69429 #4AB629

monochromatic

#231252 #391E84 #4E29B6 #6C47D5 #9479E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#4E29B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E29B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E29B6

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E29B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E29B6	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e29b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.204 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68cd',
    500: '#4e29b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e29b6;
$custom-light: #8c68cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e29b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.745,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42693,
    "c": 0.20393,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.06583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E29B6

secondary

#B2C972

accent

#E642BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E29B6

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

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