#4A28AE#4A28AE

#4A28AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.196 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A28AE
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 77%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.48, 49.22, -65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.48, 81.97, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% 0.0531 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.196 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2205, 6.0288, 40.6086)
Luminance	0.0603 (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

#4A28AE #8CAE28

analogous

#2849AE #4A28AE #8D28AE

triadic

#4A28AE #AE4A28 #28AE4A

tetradic

#4A28AE #AE2849 #8CAE28 #28AE8D

square

#4A28AE #AE2849 #8CAE28 #28AE8D

split-complementary

#4A28AE #AE8D28 #49AE28

monochromatic

#20114A #351D7C #4A28AE #6540D3 #8D72DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4A28AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4A28AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A28AE

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A28AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A28AE	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a28ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.196 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866c7',
    500: '#4a28ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a28ae;
$custom-light: #8866c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a28ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.224,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41416,
    "c": 0.19607,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A28AE

secondary

#AFC66C

accent

#E642BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A28AE

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

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