#4E39B2#4E39B2

#4E39B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.182 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39B2
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 178)
HSL	hsl(250, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 68%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 41.94, -61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 74.33, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% 0.0444 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.182 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6384, 7.7596, 42.9426)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.44

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E39B2 #9DB239

analogous

#3960B2 #4E39B2 #8A39B2

triadic

#4E39B2 #B24E39 #39B24E

tetradic

#4E39B2 #B23960 #9DB239 #39B28A

square

#4E39B2 #B23960 #9DB239 #39B28A

split-complementary

#4E39B2 #B28A39 #60B239

monochromatic

#251B55 #3A2A84 #4E39B2 #705DCB #998BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#4E39B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E39B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39B2

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39B2	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E5871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.182 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a71ca',
    500: '#4e39b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39b2;
$custom-light: #8a71ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.413,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44454,
    "c": 0.18197,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39B2

secondary

#B9C482

accent

#DB4DC2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39B2

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

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