#4E33AA#4E33AA

#4E33AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.179 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E33AA
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 170)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 70%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, 42.90, -59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 73.54, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.0511 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.179 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5792, 6.8890, 38.7420)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.22

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E33AA #8FAA33

analogous

#3354AA #4E33AA #8933AA

triadic

#4E33AA #AA4E33 #33AA4E

tetradic

#4E33AA #AA3354 #8FAA33 #33AA89

square

#4E33AA #AA3354 #8FAA33 #33AA89

split-complementary

#4E33AA #AA8933 #54AA33

monochromatic

#23174C #38257B #4E33AA #6C50CA #937FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#4E33AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E33AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E33AA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E33AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E33AA	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e33aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.179 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896dc4',
    500: '#4e33aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e33aa;
$custom-light: #896dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e33aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.613,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42861,
    "c": 0.17912,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E33AA

secondary

#B1C277

accent

#DD4BBC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E33AA

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

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