#4B28B9#4B28B9

#4B28B9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.209 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B28B9
RGB	rgb(75, 40, 185)
HSL	hsl(254, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.68, 52.49, -70.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.68, 87.60, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.0514 -0.2021)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.209 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4147, 6.5154, 46.4929)
Luminance	0.0652 (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

#4B28B9 #96B928

analogous

#284EB9 #4B28B9 #9428B9

triadic

#4B28B9 #B94B28 #28B94B

tetradic

#4B28B9 #B9284E #96B928 #28B994

square

#4B28B9 #B9284E #96B928 #28B994

split-complementary

#4B28B9 #B99428 #4EB928

monochromatic

#221254 #371D87 #4B28B9 #6A47D7 #9379E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4B28B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4B28B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B28B9

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B28B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B28B9	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b28b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 40, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.209 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67cf',
    500: '#4b28b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b28b9;
$custom-light: #8b67cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b28b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42601,
    "c": 0.20856,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B28B9

secondary

#B5CA73

accent

#E740BF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B28B9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →