#4E28C7#4E28C7

#4E28C7 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.224 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28C7
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 199)
HSL	hsl(254, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(254, 80%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 79.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 56.77, -75.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 94.49, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.29% 0.0517 -0.2178)
OKLCH	oklch(44.29% 0.224 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2063, 7.2598, 54.6744)
Luminance	0.0726 (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

#4E28C7 #A1C728

analogous

#2851C7 #4E28C7 #9E28C7

triadic

#4E28C7 #C74E28 #28C74E

tetradic

#4E28C7 #C72851 #A1C728 #28C79E

square

#4E28C7 #C72851 #A1C728 #28C79E

split-complementary

#4E28C7 #C79E28 #51C728

monochromatic

#261461 #3A1E94 #4E28C7 #7250DC #9B83E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4E28C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E28C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28C7

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28C7	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.224 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68d9',
    500: '#4e28c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28c7;
$custom-light: #8f68d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.34,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44286,
    "c": 0.22385,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28C7

secondary

#BBCF7C

accent

#E93EC1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28C7

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