#4C28AD#4C28AD

#4C28AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.195 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C28AD
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 173)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 76.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.59, 49.20, -64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.59, 81.33, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.0564 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.195 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2799, 6.0706, 40.1044)
Luminance	0.0607 (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

#4C28AD #89AD28

analogous

#2846AD #4C28AD #8F28AD

triadic

#4C28AD #AD4C28 #28AD4C

tetradic

#4C28AD #AD2846 #89AD28 #28AD8F

square

#4C28AD #AD2846 #89AD28 #28AD8F

split-complementary

#4C28AD #AD8F28 #46AD28

monochromatic

#20114A #361D7B #4C28AD #673FD3 #8F71DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#4C28AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4C28AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C28AD

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C28AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C28AD	1.00	9.48	2.21	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c28ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.195 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c7',
    500: '#4c28ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c28ad;
$custom-light: #8966c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c28ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.241,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41509,
    "c": 0.19476,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C28AD

secondary

#ADC56C

accent

#E642B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C28AD

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

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