#4E28BD#4E28BD

#4E28BD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.213 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28BD
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 189)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 53.98, -71.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 89.46, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.0548 -0.2056)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.213 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.0832, 6.8106, 48.7594)
Luminance	0.0681 (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

#4E28BD #97BD28

analogous

#284CBD #4E28BD #9928BD

triadic

#4E28BD #BD4E28 #28BD4E

tetradic

#4E28BD #BD284C #97BD28 #28BD99

square

#4E28BD #BD284C #97BD28 #28BD99

split-complementary

#4E28BD #BD9928 #4CBD28

monochromatic

#241358 #391D8A #4E28BD #6E4AD9 #967CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4E28BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E28BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28BD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28BD	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A5472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.213 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d68d2',
    500: '#4e28bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28bd;
$custom-light: #8d68d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.302,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43275,
    "c": 0.21273,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28BD

secondary

#B6CB75

accent

#E840BD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0E0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28BD

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

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