#4E33A9#4E33A9

#4E33A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.178 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E33A9
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 169)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 69.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 42.60, -59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 72.99, 305.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.0513 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.178 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4850, 6.8513, 38.2457)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.28

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E33A9 #8EA933

analogous

#3353A9 #4E33A9 #8933A9

triadic

#4E33A9 #A94E33 #33A94E

tetradic

#4E33A9 #A93353 #8EA933 #33A989

square

#4E33A9 #A93353 #8EA933 #33A989

split-complementary

#4E33A9 #A98933 #53A933

monochromatic

#23174B #38257A #4E33A9 #6B4FCA #937ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E33A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E33A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E33A9

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E33A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E33A9	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e33a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.178 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896dc4',
    500: '#4e33a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e33a9;
$custom-light: #896dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e33a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.729,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42772,
    "c": 0.17789,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E33A9

secondary

#B0C177

accent

#DD4BBC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E33A9

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

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