#4D28AE#4D28AE

#4D28AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.196 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D28AE
RGB	rgb(77, 40, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 77%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, 49.62, -65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 81.80, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.0576 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.196 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4571, 6.1507, 40.6197)
Luminance	0.0615 (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

#4D28AE #89AE28

analogous

#2846AE #4D28AE #9028AE

triadic

#4D28AE #AE4D28 #28AE4D

tetradic

#4D28AE #AE2846 #89AE28 #28AE90

square

#4D28AE #AE2846 #89AE28 #28AE90

split-complementary

#4D28AE #AE9028 #46AE28

monochromatic

#21114A #371D7C #4D28AE #6940D3 #9072DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4D28AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4D28AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D28AE

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D28AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D28AE	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d28ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 40, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.196 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67c7',
    500: '#4d28ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d28ae;
$custom-light: #8a67c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d28ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.567,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41702,
    "c": 0.19583,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D28AE

secondary

#ADC66C

accent

#E642B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D28AE

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

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