#4C28BD#4C28BD

#4C28BD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.213 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C28BD
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 78.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 53.74, -71.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 89.58, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.0517 -0.2066)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.213 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9218, 6.7274, 48.7518)
Luminance	0.0673 (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

#4C28BD #99BD28

analogous

#284EBD #4C28BD #9728BD

triadic

#4C28BD #BD4C28 #28BD4C

tetradic

#4C28BD #BD284E #99BD28 #28BD97

square

#4C28BD #BD284E #99BD28 #28BD97

split-complementary

#4C28BD #BD9728 #4EBD28

monochromatic

#231358 #381D8A #4C28BD #6C4AD9 #957CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#4C28BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4C28BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C28BD

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C28BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C28BD	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c28bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.213 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c67d2',
    500: '#4c28bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c28bd;
$custom-light: #8c67d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c28bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.497,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43094,
    "c": 0.21295,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C28BD

secondary

#B7CB75

accent

#E840BF

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C28BD

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

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