#4E39B1#4E39B1

#4E39B1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.181 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39B1
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 177)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 67.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 41.63, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 73.78, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% 0.0446 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.181 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5384, 7.7195, 42.4158)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E39B1 #9CB139

analogous

#3960B1 #4E39B1 #8A39B1

triadic

#4E39B1 #B14E39 #39B14E

tetradic

#4E39B1 #B13960 #9CB139 #39B18A

square

#4E39B1 #B13960 #9CB139 #39B18A

split-complementary

#4E39B1 #B18A39 #60B139

monochromatic

#251B54 #3A2A83 #4E39B1 #705DCB #998BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#4E39B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E39B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39B1

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39B1	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F5870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.181 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a71c9',
    500: '#4e39b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39b1;
$custom-light: #8a71c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44366,
    "c": 0.18072,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39B1

secondary

#B8C482

accent

#DB4DC2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39B1

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

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