#4E38B0#4E38B0

#4E38B0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.181 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38B0
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 176)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 68.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 41.90, -60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 73.84, 304.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.0456 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.181 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3902, 7.5819, 41.8765)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.76

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38B0 #9AB038

analogous

#385EB0 #4E38B0 #8A38B0

triadic

#4E38B0 #B04E38 #38B04E

tetradic

#4E38B0 #B0385E #9AB038 #38B08A

square

#4E38B0 #B0385E #9AB038 #38B08A

split-complementary

#4E38B0 #B08A38 #5EB038

monochromatic

#251A53 #392982 #4E38B0 #6F5BCB #9889D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#4E38B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E38B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38B0

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38B0	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.181 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c9',
    500: '#4e38b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38b0;
$custom-light: #8970c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44128,
    "c": 0.18066,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38B0

secondary

#B7C480

accent

#DB4DC1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38B0

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

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