#4E38AE#4E38AE

#4E38AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.178 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38AE
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 41.29, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 72.74, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.0459 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.178 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1937, 7.5033, 40.8420)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38AE #98AE38

analogous

#385DAE #4E38AE #8938AE

triadic

#4E38AE #AE4E38 #38AE4E

tetradic

#4E38AE #AE385D #98AE38 #38AE89

square

#4E38AE #AE385D #98AE38 #38AE89

split-complementary

#4E38AE #AE8938 #5DAE38

monochromatic

#241A51 #392980 #4E38AE #6E59CA #9788D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#4E38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38AE

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38AE	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23566E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.178 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c7',
    500: '#4e38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38ae;
$custom-light: #8970c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43953,
    "c": 0.17814,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38AE

secondary

#B6C37F

accent

#DB4DC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38AE

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

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