#4E28AF#4E28AF

#4E28AF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.197 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28AF
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 175)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 77.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 50.04, -65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 82.26, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.0589 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.197 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6362, 6.2318, 41.1388)
Luminance	0.0623 (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

#4E28AF #89AF28

analogous

#2845AF #4E28AF #9228AF

triadic

#4E28AF #AF4E28 #28AF4E

tetradic

#4E28AF #AF2845 #89AF28 #28AF92

square

#4E28AF #AF2845 #89AF28 #28AF92

split-complementary

#4E28AF #AF9228 #45AF28

monochromatic

#22114B #381D7D #4E28AF #6A41D4 #9173DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#4E28AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E28AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28AF

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28AF	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.197 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67c8',
    500: '#4e28af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28af;
$custom-light: #8a67c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.889,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41896,
    "c": 0.19691,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28AF

secondary

#ADC66D

accent

#E642B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28AF

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

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