#4E32A9#4E32A9

#4E32A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.179 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32A9
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 169)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 70.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 43.15, -59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 73.58, 305.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% 0.0522 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.179 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4418, 6.7649, 38.2313)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.50

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E32A9 #8DA932

analogous

#3251A9 #4E32A9 #8A32A9

triadic

#4E32A9 #A94E32 #32A94E

tetradic

#4E32A9 #A93251 #8DA932 #32A98A

square

#4E32A9 #A93251 #8DA932 #32A98A

split-complementary

#4E32A9 #A98A32 #51A932

monochromatic

#22164B #38247A #4E32A9 #6B4ECB #927DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#4E32A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E32A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32A9

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32A9	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.179 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc4',
    500: '#4e32a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32a9;
$custom-light: #896cc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42629,
    "c": 0.17907,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32A9

secondary

#AFC176

accent

#DE4ABB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32A9

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

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