#4F38AB#4F38AB

#4F38AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.174 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F38AB
RGB	rgb(79, 56, 171)
HSL	hsl(252, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.77, 40.54, -58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.77, 71.05, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.0477 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.174 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9871, 7.4302, 39.3227)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.05

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F38AB #94AB38

analogous

#385BAB #4F38AB #8938AB

triadic

#4F38AB #AB4F38 #38AB4F

tetradic

#4F38AB #AB385B #94AB38 #38AB89

square

#4F38AB #AB385B #94AB38 #38AB89

split-complementary

#4F38AB #AB8938 #5BAB38

monochromatic

#241A4F #3A297D #4F38AB #6E58C8 #9686D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#4F38AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4F38AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F38AB

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F38AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F38AB	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f38ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 56, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.174 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c5',
    500: '#4f38ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f38ab;
$custom-light: #8970c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f38ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43782,
    "c": 0.17424,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F38AB

secondary

#B4C17D

accent

#DA4EBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F38AB

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

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