#4B28BD#4B28BD

#4B28BD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.213 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B28BD
RGB	rgb(75, 40, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 78.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 53.63, -71.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 89.64, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.0503 -0.2071)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.213 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8429, 6.6867, 48.7481)
Luminance	0.0669 (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

#4B28BD #9ABD28

analogous

#284FBD #4B28BD #9628BD

triadic

#4B28BD #BD4B28 #28BD4B

tetradic

#4B28BD #BD284F #9ABD28 #28BD96

square

#4B28BD #BD284F #9ABD28 #28BD96

split-complementary

#4B28BD #BD9628 #4FBD28

monochromatic

#231358 #371D8A #4B28BD #6B4AD9 #947CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4B28BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4B28BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B28BD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B28BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B28BD	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b28bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 40, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.213 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67d2',
    500: '#4b28bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b28bd;
$custom-light: #8b67d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b28bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.094,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43004,
    "c": 0.21308,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B28BD

secondary

#B7CB75

accent

#E840C1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B28BD

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

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