#4E28AD#4E28AD

#4E28AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.195 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28AD
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 173)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 76.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.80, 49.48, -64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.80, 81.22, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.0594 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.195 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4413, 6.1538, 40.1120)
Luminance	0.0615 (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

#4E28AD #87AD28

analogous

#2845AD #4E28AD #9128AD

triadic

#4E28AD #AD4E28 #28AD4E

tetradic

#4E28AD #AD2845 #87AD28 #28AD91

square

#4E28AD #AD2845 #87AD28 #28AD91

split-complementary

#4E28AD #AD9128 #45AD28

monochromatic

#21114A #381D7B #4E28AD #6A3FD3 #9071DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4E28AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E28AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28AD

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28AD	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.195 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67c7',
    500: '#4e28ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28ad;
$custom-light: #8a67c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41703,
    "c": 0.19462,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28AD

secondary

#ACC56C

accent

#E642B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28AD

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

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