#4E38B9#4E38B9

#4E38B9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.192 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38B9
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(250, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(250, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, 44.66, -64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 78.74, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% 0.0441 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.192 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3103, 7.9500, 46.7227)
Luminance	0.0795 (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

#4E38B9 #A3B938

analogous

#3862B9 #4E38B9 #8F38B9

triadic

#4E38B9 #B94E38 #38B94E

tetradic

#4E38B9 #B93862 #A3B938 #38B98F

square

#4E38B9 #B93862 #A3B938 #38B98F

split-complementary

#4E38B9 #B98F38 #62B938

monochromatic

#261C5B #3A2A8A #4E38B9 #725FCF #9C8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#4E38B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4E38B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38B9

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38B9	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#125A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.192 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71cf',
    500: '#4e38b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38b9;
$custom-light: #8b71cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.233,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44929,
    "c": 0.19185,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38B9

secondary

#BCC885

accent

#DD4BC4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38B9

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

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