#4E32AA#4E32AA

#4E32AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.180 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32AA
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 170)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 70.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 43.45, -60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 74.13, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.052 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.18 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5360, 6.8026, 38.7276)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.44

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E32AA #8EAA32

analogous

#3252AA #4E32AA #8A32AA

triadic

#4E32AA #AA4E32 #32AA4E

tetradic

#4E32AA #AA3252 #8EAA32 #32AA8A

square

#4E32AA #AA3252 #8EAA32 #32AA8A

split-complementary

#4E32AA #AA8A32 #52AA32

monochromatic

#23164B #38247B #4E32AA #6B4ECB #937DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E32AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E32AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32AA

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32AA	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.180 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc4',
    500: '#4e32aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32aa;
$custom-light: #896cc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42719,
    "c": 0.1803,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32AA

secondary

#B0C276

accent

#DE4ABB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32AA

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

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