#4E39AA#4E39AA

#4E39AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.172 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39AA
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 170)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 66.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 39.48, -57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 69.90, 304.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.0455 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.172 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8585, 7.4476, 38.8351)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.89

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E39AA #95AA39

analogous

#395DAA #4E39AA #8639AA

triadic

#4E39AA #AA4E39 #39AA4E

tetradic

#4E39AA #AA395D #95AA39 #39AA86

square

#4E39AA #AA395D #95AA39 #39AA86

split-complementary

#4E39AA #AA8639 #5DAA39

monochromatic

#241A4E #392A7C #4E39AA #6D59C7 #9687D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4E39AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E39AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39AA

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39AA	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.172 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871c4',
    500: '#4e39aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39aa;
$custom-light: #8871c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.15,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43761,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39AA

secondary

#B4C17E

accent

#D94EC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39AA

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

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