#4E38B5#4E38B5

#4E38B5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.187 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38B5
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 69.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.53, 43.43, -63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.53, 76.57, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.57% 0.0448 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(44.57% 0.187 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8940, 7.7835, 44.5300)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.65

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38B5 #9FB538

analogous

#3861B5 #4E38B5 #8D38B5

triadic

#4E38B5 #B54E38 #38B54E

tetradic

#4E38B5 #B53861 #9FB538 #38B58D

square

#4E38B5 #B53861 #9FB538 #38B58D

split-complementary

#4E38B5 #B58D38 #61B538

monochromatic

#261B58 #3A2A86 #4E38B5 #715DCD #9A8CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#4E38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E38B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38B5

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38B5	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#195972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.187 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70cc',
    500: '#4e38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38b5;
$custom-light: #8a70cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.56,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4457,
    "c": 0.1869,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38B5

secondary

#BAC683

accent

#DC4CC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38B5

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

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