#4E34A4#4E34A4

#4E34A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.170 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34A4
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 164)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 40.53, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 69.64, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.0512 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.17 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0687, 6.7555, 35.8355)
Luminance	0.0676 (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

#4E34A4 #8AA434

analogous

#3452A4 #4E34A4 #8634A4

triadic

#4E34A4 #A44E34 #34A44E

tetradic

#4E34A4 #A43452 #8AA434 #34A486

square

#4E34A4 #A43452 #8AA434 #34A486

split-complementary

#4E34A4 #A48634 #52A434

monochromatic

#221747 #382576 #4E34A4 #6A4EC7 #917DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#4E34A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E34A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34A4

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34A4	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.170 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886dc0',
    500: '#4e34a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34a4;
$custom-light: #886dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.929,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42481,
    "c": 0.17043,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34A4

secondary

#AEBF75

accent

#DB4CBA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34A4

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

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