#4C28AA#4C28AA

#4C28AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.191 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C28AA
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 170)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 76.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.30, 48.35, -63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.30, 79.76, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% 0.0572 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.191 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9928, 5.9558, 38.5928)
Luminance	0.0596 (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

#4C28AA #86AA28

analogous

#2845AA #4C28AA #8D28AA

triadic

#4C28AA #AA4C28 #28AA4C

tetradic

#4C28AA #AA2845 #86AA28 #28AA8D

square

#4C28AA #AA2845 #86AA28 #28AA8D

split-complementary

#4C28AA #AA8D28 #45AA28

monochromatic

#201147 #361C78 #4C28AA #673ED2 #8E6FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4C28AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4C28AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C28AA

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C28AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C28AA	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c28aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.191 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c4',
    500: '#4c28aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c28aa;
$custom-light: #8966c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c28aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.615,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41219,
    "c": 0.19129,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C28AA

secondary

#ABC46A

accent

#E543B8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C28AA

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

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