#4E28A4#4E28A4

#4E28A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.184 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28A4
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 164)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 75.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.95, 46.94, -60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.95, 76.48, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.0619 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.184 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5996, 5.8171, 35.6791)
Luminance	0.0582 (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

#4E28A4 #7EA428

analogous

#2840A4 #4E28A4 #8C28A4

triadic

#4E28A4 #A44E28 #28A44E

tetradic

#4E28A4 #A42840 #7EA428 #28A48C

square

#4E28A4 #A42840 #7EA428 #28A48C

split-complementary

#4E28A4 #A48C28 #40A428

monochromatic

#1F1042 #371C73 #4E28A4 #683ACF #8E6BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#4E28A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E28A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28A4

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28A4	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.184 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c0',
    500: '#4e28a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28a4;
$custom-light: #8966c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.387,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40847,
    "c": 0.18425,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28A4

secondary

#A6C166

accent

#E444B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28A4

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

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