#4E39B3#4E39B3

#4E39B3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.183 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39B3
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 179)
HSL	hsl(250, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.56, 42.25, -61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.56, 74.88, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% 0.0443 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.183 284)
XYZ	xyz(12.7392, 7.7999, 43.4733)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.42

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E39B3 #9EB339

analogous

#3961B3 #4E39B3 #8B39B3

triadic

#4E39B3 #B34E39 #39B34E

tetradic

#4E39B3 #B33961 #9EB339 #39B38B

square

#4E39B3 #B33961 #9EB339 #39B38B

split-complementary

#4E39B3 #B38B39 #61B339

monochromatic

#261B56 #3A2A85 #4E39B3 #715ECC #9A8CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#4E39B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E39B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39B3

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39B3	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C5871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.183 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a71cb',
    500: '#4e39b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39b3;
$custom-light: #8a71cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.328,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44542,
    "c": 0.18323,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.07801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39B3

secondary

#BAC583

accent

#DB4DC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39B3

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