#4E39A1#4E39A1

#4E39A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.160 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39A1
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 161)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 64.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 36.71, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 64.85, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.0465 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.16 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0361, 7.1186, 34.5038)
Luminance	0.0712 (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

#4E39A1 #8CA139

analogous

#3958A1 #4E39A1 #8239A1

triadic

#4E39A1 #A14E39 #39A14E

tetradic

#4E39A1 #A13958 #8CA139 #39A182

square

#4E39A1 #A13958 #8CA139 #39A182

split-complementary

#4E39A1 #A18239 #58A139

monochromatic

#221947 #382974 #4E39A1 #6B55C3 #9282D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#4E39A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E39A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39A1

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39A1	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.160 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770be',
    500: '#4e39a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39a1;
$custom-light: #8770be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.115,
    "s": 47.706,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43005,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39A1

secondary

#AFBC79

accent

#D750BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39A1

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

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