#4E39AB#4E39AB

#4E39AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.173 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39AB
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 171)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 39.79, -58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 70.46, 304.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% 0.0454 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.173 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9535, 7.4856, 39.3352)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.81

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E39AB #96AB39

analogous

#395DAB #4E39AB #8739AB

triadic

#4E39AB #AB4E39 #39AB4E

tetradic

#4E39AB #AB395D #96AB39 #39AB87

square

#4E39AB #AB395D #96AB39 #39AB87

split-complementary

#4E39AB #AB8739 #5DAB39

monochromatic

#241A4F #392A7D #4E39AB #6E59C8 #9687D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#4E39AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E39AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39AB

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39AB	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.173 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971c5',
    500: '#4e39ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39ab;
$custom-light: #8971c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.053,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43847,
    "c": 0.1731,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39AB

secondary

#B5C17F

accent

#DA4EC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39AB

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

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