#4E39A3#4E39A3

#4E39A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.163 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39A3
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 163)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 65%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.23, 37.32, -54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.23, 65.98, 304.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.0463 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.163 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2139, 7.1897, 35.4401)
Luminance	0.0719 (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

#4E39A3 #8EA339

analogous

#3959A3 #4E39A3 #8339A3

triadic

#4E39A3 #A34E39 #39A34E

tetradic

#4E39A3 #A33959 #8EA339 #39A383

square

#4E39A3 #A33959 #8EA339 #39A383

split-complementary

#4E39A3 #A38339 #59A339

monochromatic

#231948 #382976 #4E39A3 #6B55C4 #9383D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#4E39A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E39A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39A3

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39A3	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.163 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8771bf',
    500: '#4e39a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39a3;
$custom-light: #8771bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.887,
    "s": 48.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43171,
    "c": 0.16279,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39A3

secondary

#B0BD7A

accent

#D850BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39A3

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

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