#4E39A8#4E39A8

#4E39A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.169 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39A8
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 168)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 66.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 38.86, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 68.79, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.0458 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.169 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6708, 7.3725, 37.8463)
Luminance	0.0737 (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

#4E39A8 #93A839

analogous

#395CA8 #4E39A8 #8639A8

triadic

#4E39A8 #A84E39 #39A84E

tetradic

#4E39A8 #A8395C #93A839 #39A886

square

#4E39A8 #A8395C #93A839 #39A886

split-complementary

#4E39A8 #A88639 #5CA839

monochromatic

#241A4D #39297A #4E39A8 #6D58C6 #9586D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#4E39A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E39A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39A8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39A8	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.169 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871c3',
    500: '#4e39a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39a8;
$custom-light: #8871c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43591,
    "c": 0.16925,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39A8

secondary

#B3C07D

accent

#D94FBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39A8

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

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