#4E28B4#4E28B4

#4E28B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.203 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28B4
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 180)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 77.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 51.45, -67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 84.85, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.0574 -0.1943)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.203 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1364, 6.4319, 43.7731)
Luminance	0.0643 (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

#4E28B4 #8EB428

analogous

#2848B4 #4E28B4 #9428B4

triadic

#4E28B4 #B44E28 #28B44E

tetradic

#4E28B4 #B42848 #8EB428 #28B494

square

#4E28B4 #B42848 #8EB428 #28B494

split-complementary

#4E28B4 #B49428 #48B428

monochromatic

#231250 #381D82 #4E28B4 #6B44D5 #9376E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E28B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E28B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28B4

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28B4	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.203 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67cc',
    500: '#4e28b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28b4;
$custom-light: #8b67cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42383,
    "c": 0.20259,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28B4

secondary

#B0C870

accent

#E741BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28B4

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

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