#4E39B0#4E39B0

#4E39B0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.179 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39B0
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 176)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 41.33, -60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 73.23, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% 0.0447 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.179 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4391, 7.6798, 41.8928)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.51

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E39B0 #9BB039

analogous

#395FB0 #4E39B0 #8939B0

triadic

#4E39B0 #B04E39 #39B04E

tetradic

#4E39B0 #B0395F #9BB039 #39B089

square

#4E39B0 #B0395F #9BB039 #39B089

split-complementary

#4E39B0 #B08939 #5FB039

monochromatic

#251B54 #3A2A82 #4E39B0 #6F5CCA #988AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#4E39B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E39B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39B0

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39B0	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#215770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.179 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971c9',
    500: '#4e39b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39b0;
$custom-light: #8971c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 51.073,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44279,
    "c": 0.17945,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39B0

secondary

#B8C481

accent

#DB4DC2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39B0

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

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