#4C28A2#4C28A2

#4C28A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.182 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C28A2
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 162)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 46.06, -59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 75.52, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0594 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.182 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.2590, 5.6622, 34.7278)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C28A2 #7EA228

analogous

#2841A2 #4C28A2 #8928A2

triadic

#4C28A2 #A24C28 #28A24C

tetradic

#4C28A2 #A22841 #7EA228 #28A289

square

#4C28A2 #A22841 #7EA228 #28A289

split-complementary

#4C28A2 #A28928 #41A228

monochromatic

#1E1040 #351C71 #4C28A2 #6539CE #8B6ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4C28A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4C28A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C28A2

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C28A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C28A2	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c28a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.182 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766bf',
    500: '#4c28a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c28a2;
$custom-light: #8766bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c28a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.705,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40457,
    "c": 0.18198,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.05663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C28A2

secondary

#A6C165

accent

#E444B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C28A2

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

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