#4E3AA8#4E3AA8

#4E3AA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.168 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AA8
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 168)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 65.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 38.27, -56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 68.16, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.0448 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.168 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7207, 7.4723, 37.8629)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3AA8 #94A83A

analogous

#3A5DA8 #4E3AA8 #853AA8

triadic

#4E3AA8 #A84E3A #3AA84E

tetradic

#4E3AA8 #A83A5D #94A83A #3AA885

square

#4E3AA8 #A83A5D #94A83A #3AA885

split-complementary

#4E3AA8 #A8853A #5DA83A

monochromatic

#241B4D #392A7B #4E3AA8 #6D59C6 #9587D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#4E3AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E3AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AA8

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AA8	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.168 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871c3',
    500: '#4e3aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aa8;
$custom-light: #8871c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43749,
    "c": 0.16798,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AA8

secondary

#B4C07E

accent

#D850BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AA8

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

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