#4E28B2#4E28B2

#4E28B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.200 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28B2
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 178)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 77.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 50.89, -66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 83.82, 307.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.058 -0.1917)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.2 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9342, 6.3510, 42.7079)
Luminance	0.0635 (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

#4E28B2 #8CB228

analogous

#2847B2 #4E28B2 #9328B2

triadic

#4E28B2 #B24E28 #28B24E

tetradic

#4E28B2 #B22847 #8CB228 #28B293

square

#4E28B2 #B22847 #8CB228 #28B293

split-complementary

#4E28B2 #B29328 #47B228

monochromatic

#22124E #381D80 #4E28B2 #6B43D5 #9275E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4E28B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E28B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28B2

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28B2	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20506C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.200 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67ca',
    500: '#4e28b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28b2;
$custom-light: #8b67ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42188,
    "c": 0.20032,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28B2

secondary

#AFC76F

accent

#E641B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28B2

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

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