#4E39A6#4E39A6

#4E39A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.167 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39A6
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 166)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 65.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 38.25, -55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 67.67, 304.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.046 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.167 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.4859, 7.2985, 36.8725)
Luminance	0.0730 (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

#4E39A6 #91A639

analogous

#395AA6 #4E39A6 #8439A6

triadic

#4E39A6 #A64E39 #39A64E

tetradic

#4E39A6 #A6395A #91A639 #39A684

square

#4E39A6 #A6395A #91A639 #39A684

split-complementary

#4E39A6 #A68439 #5AA639

monochromatic

#231A4B #392978 #4E39A6 #6C57C5 #9484D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#4E39A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E39A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39A6

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39A6	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B546A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.167 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871c1',
    500: '#4e39a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39a6;
$custom-light: #8871c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.56,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43422,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.07299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39A6

secondary

#B2BF7C

accent

#D84FBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39A6

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

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