#4E3AAD#4E3AAD

#4E3AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.174 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AAD
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 173)
HSL	hsl(250, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 39.82, -58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 70.95, 304.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.0442 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.174 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1955, 7.6623, 40.3634)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.44

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3AAD #99AD3A

analogous

#3A5FAD #4E3AAD #883AAD

triadic

#4E3AAD #AD4E3A #3AAD4E

tetradic

#4E3AAD #AD3A5F #99AD3A #3AAD88

square

#4E3AAD #AD3A5F #99AD3A #3AAD88

split-complementary

#4E3AAD #AD883A #5FAD3A

monochromatic

#251B51 #392B7F #4E3AAD #6F5CC8 #978AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#4E3AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E3AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AAD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AAD	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24576E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.174 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971c6',
    500: '#4e3aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3aad;
$custom-light: #8971c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44174,
    "c": 0.17442,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AAD

secondary

#B7C281

accent

#D94EC1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AAD

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

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