#4A28A4#4A28A4

#4A28A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.184 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A28A4
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 164)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 75.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.52, 46.34, -61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.52, 76.69, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0558 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.184 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2817, 5.6532, 35.6642)
Luminance	0.0565 (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

#4A28A4 #82A428

analogous

#2844A4 #4A28A4 #8828A4

triadic

#4A28A4 #A44A28 #28A44A

tetradic

#4A28A4 #A42844 #82A428 #28A488

square

#4A28A4 #A42844 #82A428 #28A488

split-complementary

#4A28A4 #A48828 #44A428

monochromatic

#1E1042 #341C73 #4A28A4 #633ACF #8A6BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4A28A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4A28A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A28A4

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A28A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A28A4	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a28a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.184 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766c0',
    500: '#4a28a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a28a4;
$custom-light: #8766c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a28a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.452,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40447,
    "c": 0.18442,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A28A4

secondary

#A8C166

accent

#E444B8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A28A4

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

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