#4E28AA#4E28AA

#4E28AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.191 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28AA
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 170)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 76.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, 48.63, -63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 79.65, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% 0.0603 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.191 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1542, 6.0390, 38.6003)
Luminance	0.0604 (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

#4E28AA #84AA28

analogous

#2843AA #4E28AA #8F28AA

triadic

#4E28AA #AA4E28 #28AA4E

tetradic

#4E28AA #AA2843 #84AA28 #28AA8F

square

#4E28AA #AA2843 #84AA28 #28AA8F

split-complementary

#4E28AA #AA8F28 #43AA28

monochromatic

#211147 #371C78 #4E28AA #693ED2 #8F6FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4E28AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E28AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28AA

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28AA	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.191 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66c4',
    500: '#4e28aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28aa;
$custom-light: #8a66c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41415,
    "c": 0.19118,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28AA

secondary

#AAC46A

accent

#E543B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28AA

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

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