#4B28AE#4B28AE

#4B28AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.196 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B28AE
RGB	rgb(75, 40, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 77%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 49.35, -65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 81.91, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.0546 -0.1882)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.196 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2981, 6.0688, 40.6122)
Luminance	0.0607 (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

#4B28AE #8BAE28

analogous

#2848AE #4B28AE #8E28AE

triadic

#4B28AE #AE4B28 #28AE4B

tetradic

#4B28AE #AE2848 #8BAE28 #28AE8E

square

#4B28AE #AE2848 #8BAE28 #28AE8E

split-complementary

#4B28AE #AE8E28 #48AE28

monochromatic

#20114A #361D7C #4B28AE #6640D3 #8E72DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4B28AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4B28AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B28AE

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B28AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B28AE	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b28ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 40, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.196 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c7',
    500: '#4b28ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b28ae;
$custom-light: #8966c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b28ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.672,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41511,
    "c": 0.19598,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B28AE

secondary

#AEC66C

accent

#E642BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B28AE

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

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