#4E32B2#4E32B2

#4E32B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.190 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E32B2
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 178)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 45.83, -63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 78.45, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.0504 -0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.19 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3159, 7.1145, 42.8351)
Luminance	0.0712 (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

#4E32B2 #96B232

analogous

#3256B2 #4E32B2 #8E32B2

triadic

#4E32B2 #B24E32 #32B24E

tetradic

#4E32B2 #B23256 #96B232 #32B28E

square

#4E32B2 #B23256 #96B232 #32B28E

split-complementary

#4E32B2 #B28E32 #56B232

monochromatic

#241752 #392582 #4E32B2 #6E53CF #9682DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#4E32B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E32B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E32B2

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E32B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E32B2	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e32b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.190 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6dca',
    500: '#4e32b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e32b2;
$custom-light: #8a6dca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e32b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.125,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43445,
    "c": 0.19004,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E32B2

secondary

#B5C57B

accent

#DF48BE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E32B2

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

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