#4E39A0#4E39A0

#4E39A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.159 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39A0
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 160)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 64.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 36.40, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 64.29, 304.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.0466 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.159 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9483, 7.0835, 34.0413)
Luminance	0.0708 (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

#4E39A0 #8BA039

analogous

#3958A0 #4E39A0 #8139A0

triadic

#4E39A0 #A04E39 #39A04E

tetradic

#4E39A0 #A03958 #8BA039 #39A081

square

#4E39A0 #A03958 #8BA039 #39A081

split-complementary

#4E39A0 #A08139 #58A039

monochromatic

#221946 #382973 #4E39A0 #6B54C2 #9281D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#4E39A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E39A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39A0

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39A0	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.159 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770bd',
    500: '#4e39a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39a0;
$custom-light: #8770bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.233,
    "s": 47.465,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42923,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39A0

secondary

#AEBC79

accent

#D751BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39A0

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

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