#4E33A8#4E33A8

#4E33A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.177 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E33A8
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 168)
HSL	hsl(254, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 42.30, -58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 72.45, 305.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0515 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.177 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3915, 6.8139, 37.7532)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.35

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E33A8 #8DA833

analogous

#3352A8 #4E33A8 #8833A8

triadic

#4E33A8 #A84E33 #33A84E

tetradic

#4E33A8 #A83352 #8DA833 #33A888

square

#4E33A8 #A83352 #8DA833 #33A888

split-complementary

#4E33A8 #A88833 #52A833

monochromatic

#22164A #382579 #4E33A8 #6B4FC9 #927ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4E33A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E33A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E33A8

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E33A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E33A8	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A5169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e33a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.177 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896dc3',
    500: '#4e33a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e33a8;
$custom-light: #896dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e33a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42684,
    "c": 0.17665,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E33A8

secondary

#AFC176

accent

#DD4BBB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E33A8

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