#4E28B9#4E28B9

#4E28B9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.208 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28B9
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 185)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 78.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 52.85, -69.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 87.42, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.056 -0.2006)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.208 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6550, 6.6393, 46.5042)
Luminance	0.0664 (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

#4E28B9 #93B928

analogous

#284BB9 #4E28B9 #9728B9

triadic

#4E28B9 #B94E28 #28B94E

tetradic

#4E28B9 #B9284B #93B928 #28B997

square

#4E28B9 #B9284B #93B928 #28B997

split-complementary

#4E28B9 #B99728 #4BB928

monochromatic

#241254 #391D87 #4E28B9 #6D47D7 #9579E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#4E28B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E28B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28B9

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28B9	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#155270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.208 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c67cf',
    500: '#4e28b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28b9;
$custom-light: #8c67cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.724,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42876,
    "c": 0.20824,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28B9

secondary

#B3CA73

accent

#E740BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28B9

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

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