#4C28AE#4C28AE

#4C28AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.196 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C28AE
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 77%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.69, 49.49, -65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.69, 81.86, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.0561 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.196 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3770, 6.1094, 40.6159)
Luminance	0.0611 (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

#4C28AE #8AAE28

analogous

#2847AE #4C28AE #8F28AE

triadic

#4C28AE #AE4C28 #28AE4C

tetradic

#4C28AE #AE2847 #8AAE28 #28AE8F

square

#4C28AE #AE2847 #8AAE28 #28AE8F

split-complementary

#4C28AE #AE8F28 #47AE28

monochromatic

#21114A #361D7C #4C28AE #6840D3 #8F72DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#4C28AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4C28AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C28AE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C28AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C28AE	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c28ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.196 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967c7',
    500: '#4c28ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c28ae;
$custom-light: #8967c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c28ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.119,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41606,
    "c": 0.1959,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C28AE

secondary

#AEC66C

accent

#E642BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C28AE

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

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