#4E33A1#4E33A1

#4E33A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.168 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E33A1
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 161)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 68.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 40.20, -55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 68.59, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.0526 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.168 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7569, 6.5601, 34.4107)
Luminance	0.0656 (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

#4E33A1 #86A133

analogous

#334FA1 #4E33A1 #8533A1

triadic

#4E33A1 #A14E33 #33A14E

tetradic

#4E33A1 #A1334F #86A133 #33A185

square

#4E33A1 #A1334F #86A133 #33A185

split-complementary

#4E33A1 #A18533 #4FA133

monochromatic

#211644 #372473 #4E33A1 #694BC6 #907AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E33A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E33A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E33A1

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E33A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E33A1	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e33a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.168 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876dbe',
    500: '#4e33a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e33a1;
$custom-light: #876dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e33a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.727,
    "s": 51.887,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42072,
    "c": 0.1679,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E33A1

secondary

#ABBD72

accent

#DB4CB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E33A1

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

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