#4E32A6#4E32A6

#4E32A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.175 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32A6
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 166)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 69.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 42.26, -58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 71.94, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.0527 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.175 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1634, 6.6535, 36.7650)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.70

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E32A6 #8AA632

analogous

#3250A6 #4E32A6 #8832A6

triadic

#4E32A6 #A64E32 #32A64E

tetradic

#4E32A6 #A63250 #8AA632 #32A688

square

#4E32A6 #A63250 #8AA632 #32A688

split-complementary

#4E32A6 #A68832 #50A632

monochromatic

#221648 #382477 #4E32A6 #6A4CC9 #917BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#4E32A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E32A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32A6

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32A6	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.175 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886cc1',
    500: '#4e32a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32a6;
$custom-light: #886cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42362,
    "c": 0.17536,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32A6

secondary

#AEC074

accent

#DD4BBA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32A6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →