#4E28BA#4E28BA

#4E28BA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.209 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28BA
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 186)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 78.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 53.13, -70.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 87.93, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.0557 -0.2018)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.209 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7609, 6.6817, 47.0621)
Luminance	0.0668 (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

#4E28BA #94BA28

analogous

#284BBA #4E28BA #9728BA

triadic

#4E28BA #BA4E28 #28BA4E

tetradic

#4E28BA #BA284B #94BA28 #28BA97

square

#4E28BA #BA284B #94BA28 #28BA97

split-complementary

#4E28BA #BA9728 #4BBA28

monochromatic

#241255 #391D88 #4E28BA #6D48D8 #957AE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#4E28BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E28BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28BA

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28BA	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#125371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.209 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c67d0',
    500: '#4e28ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28ba;
$custom-light: #8c67d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.616,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42976,
    "c": 0.20936,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28BA

secondary

#B4CA73

accent

#E840BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28BA

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

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