#4E3AB1#4E3AB1

#4E3AB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.180 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3AB1
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 177)
HSL	hsl(250, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 67.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, 41.06, -60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 73.17, 304.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% 0.0436 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.18 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5883, 7.8194, 42.4324)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.22

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3AB1 #9DB13A

analogous

#3A61B1 #4E3AB1 #893AB1

triadic

#4E3AB1 #B14E3A #3AB14E

tetradic

#4E3AB1 #B13A61 #9DB13A #3AB189

square

#4E3AB1 #B13A61 #9DB13A #3AB189

split-complementary

#4E3AB1 #B1893A #61B13A

monochromatic

#251C55 #3A2B83 #4E3AB1 #705ECA #998CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#4E3AB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E3AB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3AB1

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3AB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3AB1	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F5870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3ab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.180 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8972c9',
    500: '#4e3ab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3ab1;
$custom-light: #8972c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3ab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.084,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44519,
    "c": 0.17951,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3AB1

secondary

#B9C483

accent

#DA4EC3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3AB1

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

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