#4E33AE#4E33AE

#4E33AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.184 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E33AE
RGB	rgb(78, 51, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 44.10, -61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 75.72, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.0504 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.184 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9634, 7.0427, 40.7652)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.02

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E33AE #93AE33

analogous

#3355AE #4E33AE #8C33AE

triadic

#4E33AE #AE4E33 #33AE4E

tetradic

#4E33AE #AE3355 #93AE33 #33AE8C

square

#4E33AE #AE3355 #93AE33 #33AE8C

split-complementary

#4E33AE #AE8C33 #55AE33

monochromatic

#24174F #39257F #4E33AE #6D52CC #9581DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4E33AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E33AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E33AE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E33AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E33AE	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24536D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e33ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 51, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.184 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896dc7',
    500: '#4e33ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e33ae;
$custom-light: #896dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e33ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4322,
    "c": 0.18404,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E33AE

secondary

#B3C379

accent

#DE4ABD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E33AE

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

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