#4E32AC#4E32AC

#4E32AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.183 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32AC
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 172)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 44.05, -60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 75.22, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.0516 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.183 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7267, 6.8788, 39.7316)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.34

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E32AC #90AC32

analogous

#3253AC #4E32AC #8B32AC

triadic

#4E32AC #AC4E32 #32AC4E

tetradic

#4E32AC #AC3253 #90AC32 #32AC8B

square

#4E32AC #AC3253 #90AC32 #32AC8B

split-complementary

#4E32AC #AC8B32 #53AC32

monochromatic

#23164D #38247D #4E32AC #6C4FCC #947FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4E32AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E32AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32AC

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32AC	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.183 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc6',
    500: '#4e32ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32ac;
$custom-light: #896cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42899,
    "c": 0.18275,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32AC

secondary

#B1C377

accent

#DE4ABC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32AC

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

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