#4E39AF#4E39AF

#4E39AF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.178 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39AF
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 175)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 41.02, -59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 72.68, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.19% 0.0448 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(44.19% 0.178 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3405, 7.6404, 41.3736)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E39AF #9AAF39

analogous

#395FAF #4E39AF #8939AF

triadic

#4E39AF #AF4E39 #39AF4E

tetradic

#4E39AF #AF395F #9AAF39 #39AF89

square

#4E39AF #AF395F #9AAF39 #39AF89

split-complementary

#4E39AF #AF8939 #5FAF39

monochromatic

#251B53 #392A81 #4E39AF #6F5BCA #988AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#4E39AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E39AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39AF

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39AF	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.178 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971c8',
    500: '#4e39af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39af;
$custom-light: #8971c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.678,
    "s": 50.862,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44192,
    "c": 0.17818,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39AF

secondary

#B7C381

accent

#DA4DC1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39AF

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