#4E32A7#4E32A7

#4E32A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.177 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32A7
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 167)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 42.55, -58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 72.49, 305.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.0525 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.177 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2555, 6.6904, 37.2500)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.63

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E32A7 #8BA732

analogous

#3250A7 #4E32A7 #8832A7

triadic

#4E32A7 #A74E32 #32A74E

tetradic

#4E32A7 #A73250 #8BA732 #32A788

square

#4E32A7 #A73250 #8BA732 #32A788

split-complementary

#4E32A7 #A78832 #50A732

monochromatic

#221649 #382478 #4E32A7 #6B4DCA #927CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4E32A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E32A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32A7

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32A7	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.177 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886cc2',
    500: '#4e32a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32a7;
$custom-light: #886cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.359,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42451,
    "c": 0.1766,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32A7

secondary

#AEC074

accent

#DD4BBA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32A7

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