#4E28A0#4E28A0

#4E28A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.180 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28A0
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 160)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 75%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 45.80, -58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 74.36, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0629 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.18 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2440, 5.6749, 33.8065)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E28A0 #7AA028

analogous

#283EA0 #4E28A0 #8A28A0

triadic

#4E28A0 #A04E28 #28A04E

tetradic

#4E28A0 #A0283E #7AA028 #28A08A

square

#4E28A0 #A0283E #7AA028 #28A08A

split-complementary

#4E28A0 #A08A28 #3EA028

monochromatic

#1E103E #361C6F #4E28A0 #6738CD #8D69D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4E28A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E28A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28A0

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28A0	1.00	9.84	2.14	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.180 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866bd',
    500: '#4e28a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28a0;
$custom-light: #8866bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40475,
    "c": 0.1796,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28A0

secondary

#A3C064

accent

#E345B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28A0

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

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