#4A28D0#4A28D0

#4A28D0 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.234 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A28D0
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 208)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(252, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 80.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 58.88, -79.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 99.19, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.043 -0.2304)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.234 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9644, 7.5263, 60.3264)
Luminance	0.0753 (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

#4A28D0 #AED028

analogous

#285AD0 #4A28D0 #9E28D0

triadic

#4A28D0 #D04A28 #28D04A

tetradic

#4A28D0 #D0285A #AED028 #28D09E

square

#4A28D0 #D0285A #AED028 #28D09E

split-complementary

#4A28D0 #D09E28 #5AD028

monochromatic

#251469 #381E9D #4A28D0 #7257DF #9D8AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#4A28D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4A28D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A28D0

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A28D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A28D0	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a28d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.234 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e68e0',
    500: '#4a28d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a28d0;
$custom-light: #8e68e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a28d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.143,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44881,
    "c": 0.23437,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A28D0

secondary

#C2D282

accent

#EB3DC8

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A28D0

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

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