#4E32AE#4E32AE

#4E32AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.185 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32AE
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 44.64, -61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 76.30, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.0512 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.185 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9202, 6.9562, 40.7508)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E32AE #92AE32

analogous

#3254AE #4E32AE #8C32AE

triadic

#4E32AE #AE4E32 #32AE4E

tetradic

#4E32AE #AE3254 #92AE32 #32AE8C

square

#4E32AE #AE3254 #92AE32 #32AE8C

split-complementary

#4E32AE #AE8C32 #54AE32

monochromatic

#23174F #39247E #4E32AE #6C50CD #9480DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#4E32AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E32AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32AE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32AE	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.185 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6cc7',
    500: '#4e32ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32ae;
$custom-light: #8a6cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4308,
    "c": 0.18518,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32AE

secondary

#B3C478

accent

#DF49BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32AE

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

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