#4E33A6#4E33A6

#4E33A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.174 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E33A6
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 166)
HSL	hsl(254, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 69.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 41.70, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 71.35, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.0518 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.174 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2066, 6.7400, 36.7794)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.49

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E33A6 #8BA633

analogous

#3352A6 #4E33A6 #8733A6

triadic

#4E33A6 #A64E33 #33A64E

tetradic

#4E33A6 #A63352 #8BA633 #33A687

square

#4E33A6 #A63352 #8BA633 #33A687

split-complementary

#4E33A6 #A68733 #52A633

monochromatic

#221648 #382577 #4E33A6 #6B4EC9 #927CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4E33A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E33A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E33A6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E33A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E33A6	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e33a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.174 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886dc1',
    500: '#4e33a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e33a6;
$custom-light: #886dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e33a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.087,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42507,
    "c": 0.17416,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E33A6

secondary

#AEC075

accent

#DC4BBA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E33A6

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