#4E28CA#4E28CA

#4E28CA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.227 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E28CA
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 202)
HSL	hsl(254, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(254, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 80.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 57.60, -76.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 95.98, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.59% 0.0507 -0.2214)
OKLCH	oklch(44.59% 0.227 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5580, 7.4005, 56.5270)
Luminance	0.0740 (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

#4E28CA #A4CA28

analogous

#2853CA #4E28CA #9F28CA

triadic

#4E28CA #CA4E28 #28CA4E

tetradic

#4E28CA #CA2853 #A4CA28 #28CA9F

square

#4E28CA #CA2853 #A4CA28 #28CA9F

split-complementary

#4E28CA #CA9F28 #53CA28

monochromatic

#271464 #3A1E97 #4E28CA #7352DD #9C85E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#4E28CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E28CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E28CA

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E28CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E28CA	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00597A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e28ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.227 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f68dc',
    500: '#4e28ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e28ca;
$custom-light: #8f68dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e28ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.074,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44593,
    "c": 0.22715,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E28CA

secondary

#BDD07E

accent

#EA3EC2

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E28CA

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

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