#4E39A7#4E39A7

#4E39A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.168 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39A7
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 167)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 65.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.56, 38.55, -56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.56, 68.23, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.0459 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.168 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5780, 7.3354, 37.3575)
Luminance	0.0734 (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

#4E39A7 #92A739

analogous

#395BA7 #4E39A7 #8539A7

triadic

#4E39A7 #A74E39 #39A74E

tetradic

#4E39A7 #A7395B #92A739 #39A785

square

#4E39A7 #A7395B #92A739 #39A785

split-complementary

#4E39A7 #A78539 #5BA739

monochromatic

#231A4C #392979 #4E39A7 #6C57C6 #9485D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#4E39A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E39A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39A7

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39A7	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A546B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.168 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871c2',
    500: '#4e39a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39a7;
$custom-light: #8871c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.455,
    "s": 49.107,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43506,
    "c": 0.16796,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39A7

secondary

#B3BF7D

accent

#D94FBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39A7

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

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