#4A28AA#4A28AA

#4A28AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.191 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A28AA
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 170)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 76.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 48.07, -63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 79.87, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% 0.0542 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.191 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8364, 5.8751, 38.5854)
Luminance	0.0588 (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

#4A28AA #88AA28

analogous

#2847AA #4A28AA #8B28AA

triadic

#4A28AA #AA4A28 #28AA4A

tetradic

#4A28AA #AA2847 #88AA28 #28AA8B

square

#4A28AA #AA2847 #88AA28 #28AA8B

split-complementary

#4A28AA #AA8B28 #47AA28

monochromatic

#1F1147 #341C78 #4A28AA #643ED2 #8C6FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4A28AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A28AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A28AA

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A28AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A28AA	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a28aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.191 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866c4',
    500: '#4a28aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a28aa;
$custom-light: #8866c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a28aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.692,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41026,
    "c": 0.19143,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A28AA

secondary

#ACC46A

accent

#E543BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A28AA

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

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