#4B28D0#4B28D0

#4B28D0 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.234 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B28D0
RGB	rgb(75, 40, 208)
HSL	hsl(253, 68%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(253, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 80.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 58.98, -79.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 99.13, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% 0.0444 -0.2299)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.234 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0420, 7.5663, 60.3301)
Luminance	0.0757 (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

#4B28D0 #ADD028

analogous

#2859D0 #4B28D0 #9F28D0

triadic

#4B28D0 #D04B28 #28D04B

tetradic

#4B28D0 #D02859 #ADD028 #28D09F

square

#4B28D0 #D02859 #ADD028 #28D09F

split-complementary

#4B28D0 #D09F28 #59D028

monochromatic

#261469 #381E9D #4B28D0 #7357DF #9E8AE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#4B28D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4B28D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B28D0

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B28D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B28D0	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	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: #4b28d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 40, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.234 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68e0',
    500: '#4b28d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b28d0;
$custom-light: #8f68e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b28d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44963,
    "c": 0.2342,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B28D0

secondary

#C1D282

accent

#EB3DC6

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B28D0

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

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