#4E32AD#4E32AD

#4E32AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.184 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32AD
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 173)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 44.34, -61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 75.76, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.0514 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.184 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8231, 6.9174, 40.2393)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.29

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E32AD #91AD32

analogous

#3253AD #4E32AD #8B32AD

triadic

#4E32AD #AD4E32 #32AD4E

tetradic

#4E32AD #AD3253 #91AD32 #32AD8B

square

#4E32AD #AD3253 #91AD32 #32AD8B

split-complementary

#4E32AD #AD8B32 #53AD32

monochromatic

#23174E #39247E #4E32AD #6C50CC #947FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4E32AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E32AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32AD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32AD	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.184 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc6',
    500: '#4e32ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32ad;
$custom-light: #896cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.659,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42989,
    "c": 0.18396,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32AD

secondary

#B2C378

accent

#DE49BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32AD

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

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