#4E38AA#4E38AA

#4E38AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.173 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38AA
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.59, 40.06, -58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.59, 70.52, 304.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.0465 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.173 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8096, 7.3497, 38.8188)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.10

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38AA #94AA38

analogous

#385BAA #4E38AA #8738AA

triadic

#4E38AA #AA4E38 #38AA4E

tetradic

#4E38AA #AA385B #94AA38 #38AA87

square

#4E38AA #AA385B #94AA38 #38AA87

split-complementary

#4E38AA #AA8738 #5BAA38

monochromatic

#241A4E #39297C #4E38AA #6D57C8 #9585D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#4E38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38AA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38AA	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.173 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870c4',
    500: '#4e38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38aa;
$custom-light: #8870c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.579,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43606,
    "c": 0.17306,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38AA

secondary

#B4C17D

accent

#DA4EBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38AA

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

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