#4E28A6#4E28A6

#4E28A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.187 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28A6
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 166)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 75.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, 47.50, -61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 77.54, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% 0.0613 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.187 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7816, 5.8900, 36.6378)
Luminance	0.0589 (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

#4E28A6 #80A628

analogous

#2841A6 #4E28A6 #8D28A6

triadic

#4E28A6 #A64E28 #28A64E

tetradic

#4E28A6 #A62841 #80A628 #28A68D

square

#4E28A6 #A62841 #80A628 #28A68D

split-complementary

#4E28A6 #A68D28 #41A628

monochromatic

#201043 #371C75 #4E28A6 #683BD0 #8E6DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4E28A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E28A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28A6

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28A6	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.187 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c2',
    500: '#4e28a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28a6;
$custom-light: #8966c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.095,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41036,
    "c": 0.18656,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28A6

secondary

#A7C267

accent

#E444B4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28A6

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

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