#4E38AD#4E38AD

#4E38AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.177 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38AD
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 173)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, 40.98, -59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 72.18, 304.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.046 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.177 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0966, 7.4645, 40.3304)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.90

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38AD #97AD38

analogous

#385DAD #4E38AD #8938AD

triadic

#4E38AD #AD4E38 #38AD4E

tetradic

#4E38AD #AD385D #97AD38 #38AD89

square

#4E38AD #AD385D #97AD38 #38AD89

split-complementary

#4E38AD #AD8938 #5DAD38

monochromatic

#241A51 #39297F #4E38AD #6E59C9 #9687D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#4E38AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E38AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38AD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38AD	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24566E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.177 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c6',
    500: '#4e38ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38ad;
$custom-light: #8970c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.282,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43865,
    "c": 0.17688,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38AD

secondary

#B6C27F

accent

#DB4DC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38AD

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

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