#4E38AF#4E38AF

#4E38AF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.179 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38AF
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 175)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 68%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 41.59, -60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 73.29, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% 0.0458 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.179 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2916, 7.5425, 41.3573)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.80

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38AF #99AF38

analogous

#385EAF #4E38AF #8938AF

triadic

#4E38AF #AF4E38 #38AF4E

tetradic

#4E38AF #AF385E #99AF38 #38AF89

square

#4E38AF #AF385E #99AF38 #38AF89

split-complementary

#4E38AF #AF8938 #5EAF38

monochromatic

#251A52 #392981 #4E38AF #6F5ACA #9788D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#4E38AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E38AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38AF

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38AF	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22566F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.179 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c8',
    500: '#4e38af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38af;
$custom-light: #8970c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.092,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4404,
    "c": 0.1794,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38AF

secondary

#B7C380

accent

#DB4DC1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38AF

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