#4E33A5#4E33A5

#4E33A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.173 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E33A5
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 165)
HSL	hsl(254, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 69.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.12, 41.40, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.12, 70.80, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.052 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.173 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1152, 6.7034, 36.2982)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E33A5 #8AA533

analogous

#3351A5 #4E33A5 #8733A5

triadic

#4E33A5 #A54E33 #33A54E

tetradic

#4E33A5 #A53351 #8AA533 #33A587

square

#4E33A5 #A53351 #8AA533 #33A587

split-complementary

#4E33A5 #A58733 #51A533

monochromatic

#221648 #382576 #4E33A5 #6A4DC8 #917CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#4E33A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E33A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E33A5

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E33A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E33A5	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e33a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.173 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886dc1',
    500: '#4e33a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e33a5;
$custom-light: #886dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e33a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.211,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4242,
    "c": 0.17292,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E33A5

secondary

#AEBF75

accent

#DC4CBA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E33A5

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

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