#4E38BC#4E38BC

#4E38BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.196 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E38BC
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(250, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(250, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.14, 45.57, -66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.14, 80.36, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.2% 0.0436 -0.1906)
OKLCH	oklch(45.2% 0.196 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6304, 8.0780, 48.4082)
Luminance	0.0808 (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

#4E38BC #A6BC38

analogous

#3864BC #4E38BC #9038BC

triadic

#4E38BC #BC4E38 #38BC4E

tetradic

#4E38BC #BC3864 #A6BC38 #38BC90

square

#4E38BC #BC3864 #A6BC38 #38BC90

split-complementary

#4E38BC #BC9038 #64BC38

monochromatic

#271C5E #3A2A8D #4E38BC #7461D0 #9D90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#4E38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4E38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E38BC

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E38BC	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#095B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.196 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b71d1',
    500: '#4e38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e38bc;
$custom-light: #8b71d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45201,
    "c": 0.19554,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E38BC

secondary

#BEC987

accent

#DD4AC5

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E38BC

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

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