#4E3AAB#4E3AAB

#4E3AAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.172 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AAB
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 171)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 66.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 39.20, -57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 69.84, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.0444 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.172 285)
XYZ	xyz(12.0034, 7.5854, 39.3518)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.59

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3AAB #97AB3A

analogous

#3A5FAB #4E3AAB #863AAB

triadic

#4E3AAB #AB4E3A #3AAB4E

tetradic

#4E3AAB #AB3A5F #97AB3A #3AAB86

square

#4E3AAB #AB3A5F #97AB3A #3AAB86

split-complementary

#4E3AAB #AB863A #5FAB3A

monochromatic

#241B50 #392A7D #4E3AAB #6E5BC7 #9689D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#4E3AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E3AAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AAB

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AAB	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.172 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871c5',
    500: '#4e3aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aab;
$custom-light: #8871c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.619,
    "s": 49.345,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44003,
    "c": 0.17185,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.07586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AAB

secondary

#B6C180

accent

#D94FC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AAB

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

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