#4E38B4#4E38B4

#4E38B4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.186 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38B4
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 43.13, -62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 76.03, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.045 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.186 284)
XYZ	xyz(12.7918, 7.7426, 43.9916)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.66

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38B4 #9EB438

analogous

#3860B4 #4E38B4 #8C38B4

triadic

#4E38B4 #B44E38 #38B44E

tetradic

#4E38B4 #B43860 #9EB438 #38B48C

square

#4E38B4 #B43860 #9EB438 #38B48C

split-complementary

#4E38B4 #B48C38 #60B438

monochromatic

#261B57 #3A2985 #4E38B4 #715DCD #9A8BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#4E38B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E38B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38B4

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38B4	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B5871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.186 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70cb',
    500: '#4e38b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38b4;
$custom-light: #8a70cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.645,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44481,
    "c": 0.18566,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.07743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38B4

secondary

#BAC582

accent

#DC4CC2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38B4

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