#4E28A2#4E28A2

#4E28A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.182 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28A2
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 162)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 46.37, -59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 75.42, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.0624 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.182 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4204, 5.7455, 34.7353)
Luminance	0.0575 (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

#4E28A2 #7CA228

analogous

#283FA2 #4E28A2 #8B28A2

triadic

#4E28A2 #A24E28 #28A24E

tetradic

#4E28A2 #A2283F #7CA228 #28A28B

square

#4E28A2 #A2283F #7CA228 #28A28B

split-complementary

#4E28A2 #A28B28 #3FA228

monochromatic

#1F1040 #361C71 #4E28A2 #6839CE #8D6ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4E28A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E28A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28A2

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28A2	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.182 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866bf',
    500: '#4e28a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28a2;
$custom-light: #8866bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4066,
    "c": 0.18192,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28A2

secondary

#A4C165

accent

#E444B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28A2

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

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