#4E34A1#4E34A1

#4E34A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.167 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34A1
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 161)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 67.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 39.63, -55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 67.98, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.0516 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.167 288)
XYZ	xyz(10.8010, 6.6484, 34.4255)
Luminance	0.0665 (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

#4E34A1 #87A134

analogous

#3451A1 #4E34A1 #8534A1

triadic

#4E34A1 #A14E34 #34A14E

tetradic

#4E34A1 #A13451 #87A134 #34A185

square

#4E34A1 #A13451 #87A134 #34A185

split-complementary

#4E34A1 #A18534 #51A134

monochromatic

#211644 #382573 #4E34A1 #6A4DC5 #907BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#4E34A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E34A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34A1

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34A1	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.167 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876dbe',
    500: '#4e34a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34a1;
$custom-light: #876dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.312,
    "s": 51.174,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42222,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.06649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34A1

secondary

#ACBD74

accent

#DB4DB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34A1

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

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