#4E39B5#4E39B5

#4E39B5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.186 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E39B5
RGB	rgb(78, 57, 181)
HSL	hsl(250, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 68.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 42.86, -62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 75.97, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.0439 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.186 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9429, 7.8814, 44.5463)
Luminance	0.0788 (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

#4E39B5 #A0B539

analogous

#3962B5 #4E39B5 #8C39B5

triadic

#4E39B5 #B54E39 #39B54E

tetradic

#4E39B5 #B53962 #A0B539 #39B58C

square

#4E39B5 #B53962 #A0B539 #39B58C

split-complementary

#4E39B5 #B58C39 #62B539

monochromatic

#261C58 #3A2A86 #4E39B5 #715FCD #9A8DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#4E39B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E39B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E39B5

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E39B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E39B5	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#195972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e39b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 57, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.186 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a71cc',
    500: '#4e39b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e39b5;
$custom-light: #8a71cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e39b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.161,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44719,
    "c": 0.18573,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E39B5

secondary

#BBC684

accent

#DC4CC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E39B5

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

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