#4E28A7#4E28A7

#4E28A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.188 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28A7
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 167)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 76%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 47.78, -61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 78.07, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.0611 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.188 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.8737, 5.9268, 37.1228)
Luminance	0.0593 (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

#4E28A7 #81A728

analogous

#2841A7 #4E28A7 #8D28A7

triadic

#4E28A7 #A74E28 #28A74E

tetradic

#4E28A7 #A72841 #81A728 #28A78D

square

#4E28A7 #A72841 #81A728 #28A78D

split-complementary

#4E28A7 #A78D28 #41A728

monochromatic

#201044 #371C76 #4E28A7 #683CD0 #8E6DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4E28A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E28A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28A7

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28A7	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.188 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c2',
    500: '#4e28a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28a7;
$custom-light: #8966c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.953,
    "s": 61.353,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4113,
    "c": 0.18772,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.05927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28A7

secondary

#A8C368

accent

#E443B4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28A7

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

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