#4E30AA#4E30AA

#4E30AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.183 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E30AA
RGB	rgb(78, 48, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 44.54, -60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 75.29, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.0537 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.183 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4524, 6.6353, 38.6997)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.88

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E30AA #8CAA30

analogous

#304FAA #4E30AA #8B30AA

triadic

#4E30AA #AA4E30 #30AA4E

tetradic

#4E30AA #AA304F #8CAA30 #30AA8B

square

#4E30AA #AA304F #8CAA30 #30AA8B

split-complementary

#4E30AA #AA8B30 #4FAA30

monochromatic

#22154B #38237A #4E30AA #6B4BCC #927BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#4E30AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E30AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E30AA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E30AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E30AA	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e30aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 48, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.183 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896bc4',
    500: '#4e30aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e30aa;
$custom-light: #896bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e30aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.754,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4244,
    "c": 0.1826,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E30AA

secondary

#AFC274

accent

#DF49BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E30AA

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

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