#4E38AC#4E38AC

#4E38AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.176 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38AC
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.76, 40.67, -58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.76, 71.63, 304.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.0462 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.176 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0002, 7.4259, 39.8227)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.96

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38AC #96AC38

analogous

#385CAC #4E38AC #8838AC

triadic

#4E38AC #AC4E38 #38AC4E

tetradic

#4E38AC #AC385C #96AC38 #38AC88

square

#4E38AC #AC385C #96AC38 #38AC88

split-complementary

#4E38AC #AC8838 #5CAC38

monochromatic

#241A50 #39297E #4E38AC #6E58C9 #9687D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#4E38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38AC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38AC	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.176 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c6',
    500: '#4e38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38ac;
$custom-light: #8970c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.379,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43779,
    "c": 0.17561,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38AC

secondary

#B5C27E

accent

#DA4DC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38AC

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