#4E39A5#4E39A5

#4E39A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.165 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39A5
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 165)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 65.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.40, 37.94, -55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.40, 67.11, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.0461 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.165 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3945, 7.2620, 36.3913)
Luminance	0.0726 (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

#4E39A5 #90A539

analogous

#395AA5 #4E39A5 #8439A5

triadic

#4E39A5 #A54E39 #39A54E

tetradic

#4E39A5 #A5395A #90A539 #39A584

square

#4E39A5 #A5395A #90A539 #39A584

split-complementary

#4E39A5 #A58439 #5AA539

monochromatic

#231A4A #382978 #4E39A5 #6C56C5 #9484D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4E39A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E39A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39A5

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39A5	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C546A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.165 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871c1',
    500: '#4e39a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39a5;
$custom-light: #8871c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 48.649,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43338,
    "c": 0.16538,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39A5

secondary

#B1BE7B

accent

#D850BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39A5

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

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