#4E39B4#4E39B4

#4E39B4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.184 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39B4
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 180)
HSL	hsl(250, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 42.56, -62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 75.42, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.63% 0.0441 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(44.63% 0.184 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8407, 7.8405, 44.0079)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.40

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E39B4 #9FB439

analogous

#3962B4 #4E39B4 #8C39B4

triadic

#4E39B4 #B44E39 #39B44E

tetradic

#4E39B4 #B43962 #9FB439 #39B48C

square

#4E39B4 #B43962 #9FB439 #39B48C

split-complementary

#4E39B4 #B48C39 #62B439

monochromatic

#261C57 #3A2A86 #4E39B4 #715ECC #9A8DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#4E39B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E39B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39B4

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39B4	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B5972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.184 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a71cb',
    500: '#4e39b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39b4;
$custom-light: #8a71cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4463,
    "c": 0.18449,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39B4

secondary

#BAC583

accent

#DB4CC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39B4

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

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