#4E38B2#4E38B2

#4E38B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.183 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38B2
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 42.51, -61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 74.93, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.3% 0.0453 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(44.3% 0.183 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5895, 7.6617, 42.9263)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.69

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38B2 #9CB238

analogous

#385FB2 #4E38B2 #8B38B2

triadic

#4E38B2 #B24E38 #38B24E

tetradic

#4E38B2 #B2385F #9CB238 #38B28B

square

#4E38B2 #B2385F #9CB238 #38B28B

split-complementary

#4E38B2 #B28B38 #5FB238

monochromatic

#251B55 #3A2983 #4E38B2 #705CCC #998ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#4E38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38B2

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38B2	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E5870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.183 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70ca',
    500: '#4e38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38b2;
$custom-light: #8a70ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.82,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44304,
    "c": 0.18317,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38B2

secondary

#B8C581

accent

#DC4CC2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38B2

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