#4A28A9#4A28A9

#4A28A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.190 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A28A9
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 169)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 76.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 47.78, -63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 79.34, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.0545 -0.1823)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.19 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7421, 5.8374, 38.0891)
Luminance	0.0584 (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

#4A28A9 #87A928

analogous

#2846A9 #4A28A9 #8A28A9

triadic

#4A28A9 #A94A28 #28A94A

tetradic

#4A28A9 #A92846 #87A928 #28A98A

square

#4A28A9 #A92846 #87A928 #28A98A

split-complementary

#4A28A9 #A98A28 #46A928

monochromatic

#1F1146 #341C78 #4A28A9 #643DD1 #8C6FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4A28A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A28A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A28A9

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A28A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A28A9	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a28a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.190 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766c4',
    500: '#4a28a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a28a9;
$custom-light: #8766c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a28a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.814,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40929,
    "c": 0.19027,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A28A9

secondary

#ACC469

accent

#E543BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A28A9

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

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