#4E3BAA#4E3BAA

#4E3BAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.169 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3BAA
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 170)
HSL	hsl(250, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 65.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 38.30, -56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 68.65, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% 0.0436 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.169 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9594, 7.6493, 38.8687)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3BAA #97AA3B

analogous

#3B60AA #4E3BAA #853BAA

triadic

#4E3BAA #AA4E3B #3BAA4E

tetradic

#4E3BAA #AA3B60 #97AA3B #3BAA85

square

#4E3BAA #AA3B60 #97AA3B #3BAA85

split-complementary

#4E3BAA #AA853B #60AA3B

monochromatic

#241B4F #392B7D #4E3BAA #6E5CC6 #9689D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#4E3BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E3BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3BAA

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3BAA	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.169 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8872c4',
    500: '#4e3baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3baa;
$custom-light: #8872c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.27,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44077,
    "c": 0.16929,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3BAA

secondary

#B6C080

accent

#D850C1

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3BAA

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

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