#4E29CA#4E29CA

#4E29CA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.226 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E29CA
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 202)
HSL	hsl(254, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(254, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 79.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 57.16, -76.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 95.52, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.7% 0.0502 -0.2207)
OKLCH	oklch(44.7% 0.226 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5922, 7.4688, 56.5383)
Luminance	0.0747 (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

#4E29CA #A5CA29

analogous

#2954CA #4E29CA #9F29CA

triadic

#4E29CA #CA4E29 #29CA4E

tetradic

#4E29CA #CA2954 #A5CA29 #29CA9F

square

#4E29CA #CA2954 #A5CA29 #29CA9F

split-complementary

#4E29CA #CA9F29 #54CA29

monochromatic

#271464 #3A1F97 #4E29CA #7354DC #9D87E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#4E29CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E29CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E29CA

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E29CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E29CA	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e29ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.226 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f69dc',
    500: '#4e29ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e29ca;
$custom-light: #8f69dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e29ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.789,
    "s": 66.255,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44697,
    "c": 0.22635,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E29CA

secondary

#BDD07F

accent

#E93FC2

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E29CA

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

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