#4E32A5#4E32A5

#4E32A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.174 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32A5
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 41.96, -57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 71.39, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0529 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.174 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0720, 6.6170, 36.2838)
Luminance	0.0662 (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

#4E32A5 #89A532

analogous

#324FA5 #4E32A5 #8832A5

triadic

#4E32A5 #A54E32 #32A54E

tetradic

#4E32A5 #A5324F #89A532 #32A588

square

#4E32A5 #A5324F #89A532 #32A588

split-complementary

#4E32A5 #A58832 #4FA532

monochromatic

#221647 #382476 #4E32A5 #6A4CC9 #917BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#4E32A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E32A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32A5

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32A5	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.174 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886cc1',
    500: '#4e32a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32a5;
$custom-light: #886cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.609,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42274,
    "c": 0.17413,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32A5

secondary

#ADBF73

accent

#DD4BB9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32A5

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

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