#4E32A2#4E32A2

#4E32A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.170 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32A2
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 162)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 69.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, 41.06, -56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 69.74, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.0534 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.17 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8022, 6.5090, 34.8626)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E32A2 #86A232

analogous

#324EA2 #4E32A2 #8632A2

triadic

#4E32A2 #A24E32 #32A24E

tetradic

#4E32A2 #A2324E #86A232 #32A286

square

#4E32A2 #A2324E #86A232 #32A286

split-complementary

#4E32A2 #A28632 #4EA232

monochromatic

#211544 #372473 #4E32A2 #694AC7 #9079D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4E32A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E32A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32A2

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32A2	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.170 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886cbe',
    500: '#4e32a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32a2;
$custom-light: #886cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42011,
    "c": 0.1704,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32A2

secondary

#ABBE72

accent

#DC4CB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32A2

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

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