#4B28A2#4B28A2

#4B28A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.182 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B28A2
RGB	rgb(75, 40, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 45.91, -60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 75.57, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.0578 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.182 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1801, 5.6216, 34.7241)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B28A2 #7FA228

analogous

#2842A2 #4B28A2 #8828A2

triadic

#4B28A2 #A24B28 #28A24B

tetradic

#4B28A2 #A22842 #7FA228 #28A288

square

#4B28A2 #A22842 #7FA228 #28A288

split-complementary

#4B28A2 #A28828 #42A228

monochromatic

#1E1040 #341C71 #4B28A2 #6439CE #8A6ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4B28A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4B28A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B28A2

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B28A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B28A2	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b28a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 40, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.182 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766bf',
    500: '#4b28a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b28a2;
$custom-light: #8766bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b28a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.213,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40356,
    "c": 0.18202,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B28A2

secondary

#A6C165

accent

#E444B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B28A2

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

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