#4C28B4#4C28B4

#4C28B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.203 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C28B4
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 180)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 77.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 51.19, -67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 84.97, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.0544 -0.1953)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.203 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9750, 6.3487, 43.7656)
Luminance	0.0635 (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

#4C28B4 #90B428

analogous

#284AB4 #4C28B4 #9228B4

triadic

#4C28B4 #B44C28 #28B44C

tetradic

#4C28B4 #B4284A #90B428 #28B492

square

#4C28B4 #B4284A #90B428 #28B492

split-complementary

#4C28B4 #B49228 #4AB428

monochromatic

#221250 #371D82 #4C28B4 #6944D5 #9176E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4C28B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4C28B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C28B4

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C28B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C28B4	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c28b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.203 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67cc',
    500: '#4c28b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c28b4;
$custom-light: #8a67cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c28b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42195,
    "c": 0.20276,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C28B4

secondary

#B1C870

accent

#E741BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C28B4

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

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