#4E34A0#4E34A0

#4E34A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.165 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34A0
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 160)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 67.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 39.33, -54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 67.42, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.0518 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.165 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7132, 6.6133, 33.9629)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E34A0 #86A034

analogous

#3450A0 #4E34A0 #8434A0

triadic

#4E34A0 #A04E34 #34A04E

tetradic

#4E34A0 #A03450 #86A034 #34A084

square

#4E34A0 #A03450 #86A034 #34A084

split-complementary

#4E34A0 #A08434 #50A034

monochromatic

#211644 #372572 #4E34A0 #694CC5 #907AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#4E34A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E34A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34A0

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34A0	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.165 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876dbd',
    500: '#4e34a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34a0;
$custom-light: #876dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.444,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42137,
    "c": 0.16538,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34A0

secondary

#ABBD73

accent

#DA4DB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34A0

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

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