#4E38B3#4E38B3

#4E38B3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.184 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38B3
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 68.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 42.82, -62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 75.48, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.0451 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.184 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6903, 7.7020, 43.4570)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.67

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38B3 #9DB338

analogous

#385FB3 #4E38B3 #8B38B3

triadic

#4E38B3 #B34E38 #38B34E

tetradic

#4E38B3 #B3385F #9DB338 #38B38B

square

#4E38B3 #B3385F #9DB338 #38B38B

split-complementary

#4E38B3 #B38B38 #5FB338

monochromatic

#251B56 #3A2984 #4E38B3 #705CCC #998BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#4E38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E38B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38B3

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38B3	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D5871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.184 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70cb',
    500: '#4e38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38b3;
$custom-light: #8a70cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.732,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44392,
    "c": 0.18441,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38B3

secondary

#B9C582

accent

#DC4CC2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38B3

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

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