#4E28B0#4E28B0

#4E28B0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.198 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28B0
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 176)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 77.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.09, 50.32, -65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.09, 82.78, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.0586 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.198 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7348, 6.2712, 41.6580)
Luminance	0.0627 (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

#4E28B0 #8AB028

analogous

#2846B0 #4E28B0 #9228B0

triadic

#4E28B0 #B04E28 #28B04E

tetradic

#4E28B0 #B02846 #8AB028 #28B092

square

#4E28B0 #B02846 #8AB028 #28B092

split-complementary

#4E28B0 #B09228 #46B028

monochromatic

#22114C #381D7E #4E28B0 #6A41D4 #9173DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#4E28B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E28B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28B0

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28B0	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.198 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67c9',
    500: '#4e28b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28b0;
$custom-light: #8b67c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.765,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41993,
    "c": 0.19804,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28B0

secondary

#AEC66D

accent

#E642B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28B0

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

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