#4E39A9#4E39A9

#4E39A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.171 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39A9
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 39.17, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 69.35, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.0456 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.171 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7643, 7.4099, 38.3388)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.97

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E39A9 #94A939

analogous

#395CA9 #4E39A9 #8639A9

triadic

#4E39A9 #A94E39 #39A94E

tetradic

#4E39A9 #A9395C #94A939 #39A986

square

#4E39A9 #A9395C #94A939 #39A986

split-complementary

#4E39A9 #A98639 #5CA939

monochromatic

#241A4D #392A7B #4E39A9 #6D58C7 #9586D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#4E39A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E39A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39A9

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39A9	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.171 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871c3',
    500: '#4e39a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39a9;
$custom-light: #8871c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43676,
    "c": 0.17054,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39A9

secondary

#B4C07E

accent

#D94FBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39A9

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

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