#4E28A8#4E28A8

#4E28A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.189 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28A8
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 168)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 76.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.32, 48.06, -62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.32, 78.60, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% 0.0608 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.189 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9665, 5.9639, 37.6115)
Luminance	0.0596 (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

#4E28A8 #82A828

analogous

#2842A8 #4E28A8 #8E28A8

triadic

#4E28A8 #A84E28 #28A84E

tetradic

#4E28A8 #A82842 #82A828 #28A88E

square

#4E28A8 #A82842 #82A828 #28A88E

split-complementary

#4E28A8 #A88E28 #42A828

monochromatic

#201045 #371C77 #4E28A8 #693DD1 #8F6EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4E28A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E28A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28A8

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28A8	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.189 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966c3',
    500: '#4e28a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28a8;
$custom-light: #8966c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.813,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41225,
    "c": 0.18888,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28A8

secondary

#A8C369

accent

#E543B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28A8

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

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