#4E28A3#4E28A3

#4E28A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.183 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28A3
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 163)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 46.65, -59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 75.95, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0621 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.183 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5096, 5.7812, 35.2053)
Luminance	0.0578 (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

#4E28A3 #7DA328

analogous

#283FA3 #4E28A3 #8C28A3

triadic

#4E28A3 #A34E28 #28A34E

tetradic

#4E28A3 #A3283F #7DA328 #28A38C

square

#4E28A3 #A3283F #7DA328 #28A38C

split-complementary

#4E28A3 #A38C28 #3FA328

monochromatic

#1F1041 #361C72 #4E28A3 #683ACF #8D6BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4E28A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E28A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28A3

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28A3	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.183 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966bf',
    500: '#4e28a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28a3;
$custom-light: #8966bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.537,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40754,
    "c": 0.18308,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28A3

secondary

#A5C166

accent

#E444B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28A3

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

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