#4E32B1#4E32B1

#4E32B1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.189 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32B1
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 177)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 71.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 45.54, -63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 77.92, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.0506 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.189 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2159, 7.0745, 42.3083)
Luminance	0.0707 (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

#4E32B1 #95B132

analogous

#3256B1 #4E32B1 #8D32B1

triadic

#4E32B1 #B14E32 #32B14E

tetradic

#4E32B1 #B13256 #95B132 #32B18D

square

#4E32B1 #B13256 #95B132 #32B18D

split-complementary

#4E32B1 #B18D32 #56B132

monochromatic

#241752 #392581 #4E32B1 #6D52CE #9682DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#4E32B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E32B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32B1

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32B1	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20546E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.189 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6dc9',
    500: '#4e32b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32b1;
$custom-light: #8a6dc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.228,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43354,
    "c": 0.18883,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32B1

secondary

#B4C57A

accent

#DF49BE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32B1

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

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