#4E28A9#4E28A9

#4E28A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.190 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28A9
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 169)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 76.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, 48.35, -62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 79.13, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% 0.0605 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.19 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0600, 6.0013, 38.1040)
Luminance	0.0600 (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

#4E28A9 #83A928

analogous

#2843A9 #4E28A9 #8E28A9

triadic

#4E28A9 #A94E28 #28A94E

tetradic

#4E28A9 #A92843 #83A928 #28A98E

square

#4E28A9 #A92843 #83A928 #28A98E

split-complementary

#4E28A9 #A98E28 #43A928

monochromatic

#201146 #371C78 #4E28A9 #693DD1 #8F6FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4E28A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E28A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28A9

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28A9	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.190 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66c4',
    500: '#4e28a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28a9;
$custom-light: #8a66c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.674,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4132,
    "c": 0.19003,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28A9

secondary

#A9C469

accent

#E543B5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28A9

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

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