#4E38B6#4E38B6

#4E38B6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.188 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38B6
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(250, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, 43.74, -63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 77.12, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.0446 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.188 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9970, 7.8246, 45.0723)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E38B6 #A0B638

analogous

#3861B6 #4E38B6 #8D38B6

triadic

#4E38B6 #B64E38 #38B64E

tetradic

#4E38B6 #B63861 #A0B638 #38B68D

square

#4E38B6 #B63861 #A0B638 #38B68D

split-complementary

#4E38B6 #B68D38 #61B638

monochromatic

#261B58 #3A2A87 #4E38B6 #715ECD #9A8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#4E38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38B6

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38B6	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#185973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.188 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70cd',
    500: '#4e38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38b6;
$custom-light: #8a70cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.476,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4466,
    "c": 0.18814,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38B6

secondary

#BBC684

accent

#DC4BC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38B6

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

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