#4E28B3#4E28B3

#4E28B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.201 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28B3
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 179)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 51.17, -67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 84.34, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.0577 -0.193)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.201 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0349, 6.3913, 43.2386)
Luminance	0.0639 (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

#4E28B3 #8DB328

analogous

#2847B3 #4E28B3 #9328B3

triadic

#4E28B3 #B34E28 #28B34E

tetradic

#4E28B3 #B32847 #8DB328 #28B393

square

#4E28B3 #B32847 #8DB328 #28B393

split-complementary

#4E28B3 #B39328 #47B328

monochromatic

#22124F #381D81 #4E28B3 #6B43D5 #9275E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4E28B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E28B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28B3

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28B3	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.201 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67cb',
    500: '#4e28b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28b3;
$custom-light: #8b67cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.403,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42285,
    "c": 0.20146,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28B3

secondary

#AFC86F

accent

#E641B9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28B3

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

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