#4E33A3#4E33A3

#4E33A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.170 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E33A3
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 163)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 68.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 40.80, -56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 69.69, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.0523 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.17 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9346, 6.6312, 35.3470)
Luminance	0.0663 (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

#4E33A3 #88A333

analogous

#3350A3 #4E33A3 #8633A3

triadic

#4E33A3 #A34E33 #33A34E

tetradic

#4E33A3 #A33350 #88A333 #33A386

square

#4E33A3 #A33350 #88A333 #33A386

split-complementary

#4E33A3 #A38633 #50A333

monochromatic

#211646 #382474 #4E33A3 #6A4CC7 #917BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#4E33A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E33A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E33A3

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E33A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E33A3	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e33a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.170 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886dbf',
    500: '#4e33a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e33a3;
$custom-light: #886dbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e33a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.464,
    "s": 52.336,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42245,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E33A3

secondary

#ACBE73

accent

#DC4CB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E33A3

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

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