#4A28A2#4A28A2

#4A28A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.182 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A28A2
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.33, 45.76, -60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.33, 75.62, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0563 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.182 288)
XYZ	xyz(10.1025, 5.5816, 34.7204)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A28A2 #80A228

analogous

#2843A2 #4A28A2 #8728A2

triadic

#4A28A2 #A24A28 #28A24A

tetradic

#4A28A2 #A22843 #80A228 #28A287

square

#4A28A2 #A22843 #80A228 #28A287

split-complementary

#4A28A2 #A28728 #43A228

monochromatic

#1D1040 #341C71 #4A28A2 #6339CE #896ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#4A28A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A28A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A28A2

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A28A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A28A2	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a28a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.182 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666bf',
    500: '#4a28a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a28a2;
$custom-light: #8666bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a28a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.721,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40257,
    "c": 0.18207,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A28A2

secondary

#A7C165

accent

#E444B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A28A2

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

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