#4E28AB#4E28AB

#4E28AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.192 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28AB
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 171)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.61, 48.91, -63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.61, 80.17, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.06 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.192 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2492, 6.0770, 39.1004)
Luminance	0.0608 (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

#4E28AB #85AB28

analogous

#2844AB #4E28AB #9028AB

triadic

#4E28AB #AB4E28 #28AB4E

tetradic

#4E28AB #AB2844 #85AB28 #28AB90

square

#4E28AB #AB2844 #85AB28 #28AB90

split-complementary

#4E28AB #AB9028 #44AB28

monochromatic

#211148 #371C79 #4E28AB #693ED2 #9070DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#4E28AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E28AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28AB

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28AB	1.00	9.48	2.22	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.192 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67c5',
    500: '#4e28ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28ab;
$custom-light: #8a67c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.405,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41511,
    "c": 0.19233,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28AB

secondary

#AAC46A

accent

#E543B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28AB

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

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