#4D28A2#4D28A2

#4D28A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.182 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D28A2
RGB	rgb(77, 40, 162)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 75.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 46.22, -59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 75.47, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.0609 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.182 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3391, 5.7035, 34.7315)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D28A2 #7DA228

analogous

#2840A2 #4D28A2 #8A28A2

triadic

#4D28A2 #A24D28 #28A24D

tetradic

#4D28A2 #A22840 #7DA228 #28A28A

square

#4D28A2 #A22840 #7DA228 #28A28A

split-complementary

#4D28A2 #A28A28 #40A228

monochromatic

#1E1040 #361C71 #4D28A2 #6639CE #8C6ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#4D28A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4D28A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D28A2

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D28A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D28A2	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d28a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 40, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.182 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866bf',
    500: '#4d28a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d28a2;
$custom-light: #8866bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d28a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.197,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40558,
    "c": 0.18194,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D28A2

secondary

#A5C165

accent

#E444B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D28A2

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

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