#4E32A8#4E32A8

#4E32A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.178 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32A8
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 168)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 42.85, -59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 73.04, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.0524 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.178 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3483, 6.7275, 37.7388)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E32A8 #8CA832

analogous

#3251A8 #4E32A8 #8932A8

triadic

#4E32A8 #A84E32 #32A84E

tetradic

#4E32A8 #A83251 #8CA832 #32A889

square

#4E32A8 #A83251 #8CA832 #32A889

split-complementary

#4E32A8 #A88932 #51A832

monochromatic

#22164A #382479 #4E32A8 #6B4DCA #927CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#4E32A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E32A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32A8

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32A8	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A5169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.178 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc3',
    500: '#4e32a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32a8;
$custom-light: #896cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.237,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4254,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32A8

secondary

#AFC175

accent

#DD4ABB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32A8

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