#4E28A5#4E28A5

#4E28A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.185 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28A5
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 165)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 47.22, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 77.01, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.0616 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.185 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6902, 5.8534, 36.1566)
Luminance	0.0585 (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

#4E28A5 #7FA528

analogous

#2840A5 #4E28A5 #8C28A5

triadic

#4E28A5 #A54E28 #28A54E

tetradic

#4E28A5 #A52840 #7FA528 #28A58C

square

#4E28A5 #A52840 #7FA528 #28A58C

split-complementary

#4E28A5 #A58C28 #40A528

monochromatic

#1F1042 #371C74 #4E28A5 #683BCF #8E6CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4E28A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E28A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28A5

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28A5	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.185 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c1',
    500: '#4e28a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28a5;
$custom-light: #8966c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.24,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40941,
    "c": 0.18541,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28A5

secondary

#A6C267

accent

#E444B3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28A5

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

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