#4E38B7#4E38B7

#4E38B7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.189 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38B7
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(250, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 44.04, -63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 77.66, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% 0.0445 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.189 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1007, 7.8661, 45.6185)
Luminance	0.0787 (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

#4E38B7 #A1B738

analogous

#3861B7 #4E38B7 #8E38B7

triadic

#4E38B7 #B74E38 #38B74E

tetradic

#4E38B7 #B73861 #A1B738 #38B78E

square

#4E38B7 #B73861 #A1B738 #38B78E

split-complementary

#4E38B7 #B78E38 #61B738

monochromatic

#261B59 #3A2A88 #4E38B7 #725ECE #9B8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#4E38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38B7

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38B7	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.189 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71ce',
    500: '#4e38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38b7;
$custom-light: #8b71ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.394,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44749,
    "c": 0.18939,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38B7

secondary

#BBC784

accent

#DD4BC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38B7

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