#4E38A2#4E38A2

#4E38A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.163 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38A2
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 162)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 65.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 37.61, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 66.05, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.0475 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.163 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0757, 7.0561, 34.9538)
Luminance	0.0706 (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

#4E38A2 #8CA238

analogous

#3857A2 #4E38A2 #8338A2

triadic

#4E38A2 #A24E38 #38A24E

tetradic

#4E38A2 #A23857 #8CA238 #38A283

square

#4E38A2 #A23857 #8CA238 #38A283

split-complementary

#4E38A2 #A28338 #57A238

monochromatic

#221947 #382875 #4E38A2 #6B53C4 #9281D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#4E38A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E38A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38A2

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38A2	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.163 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770be',
    500: '#4e38a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38a2;
$custom-light: #8770be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42928,
    "c": 0.16279,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38A2

secondary

#AFBD79

accent

#D850BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38A2

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

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