#4E38B8#4E38B8

#4E38B8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.191 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38B8
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(250, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(250, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 44.35, -64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 78.20, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.0443 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.191 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2051, 7.9079, 46.1686)
Luminance	0.0791 (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

#4E38B8 #A2B838

analogous

#3862B8 #4E38B8 #8E38B8

triadic

#4E38B8 #B84E38 #38B84E

tetradic

#4E38B8 #B83862 #A2B838 #38B88E

square

#4E38B8 #B83862 #A2B838 #38B88E

split-complementary

#4E38B8 #B88E38 #62B838

monochromatic

#261B5A #3A2A89 #4E38B8 #725FCE #9B8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#4E38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E38B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38B8

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38B8	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#145A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.191 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71ce',
    500: '#4e38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38b8;
$custom-light: #8b71ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.313,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44839,
    "c": 0.19062,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38B8

secondary

#BCC785

accent

#DD4BC4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38B8

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

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