#4E28A1#4E28A1

#4E28A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.181 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28A1
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 161)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 46.09, -59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 74.89, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% 0.0626 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.181 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3319, 5.7101, 34.2691)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.08

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E28A1 #7BA128

analogous

#283FA1 #4E28A1 #8B28A1

triadic

#4E28A1 #A14E28 #28A14E

tetradic

#4E28A1 #A1283F #7BA128 #28A18B

square

#4E28A1 #A1283F #7BA128 #28A18B

split-complementary

#4E28A1 #A18B28 #3FA128

monochromatic

#1F103F #361C70 #4E28A1 #6739CE #8D6ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4E28A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E28A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28A1

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28A1	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.181 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866be',
    500: '#4e28a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28a1;
$custom-light: #8866be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.843,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40567,
    "c": 0.18076,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28A1

secondary

#A3C065

accent

#E344B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28A1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →