#4E34A5#4E34A5

#4E34A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.172 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34A5
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 165)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 68.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 40.83, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 70.20, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.051 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.172 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1594, 6.7917, 36.3129)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.36

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E34A5 #8BA534

analogous

#3453A5 #4E34A5 #8634A5

triadic

#4E34A5 #A54E34 #34A54E

tetradic

#4E34A5 #A53453 #8BA534 #34A586

square

#4E34A5 #A53453 #8BA534 #34A586

split-complementary

#4E34A5 #A58634 #53A534

monochromatic

#221748 #382576 #4E34A5 #6B4FC7 #927DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E34A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E34A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34A5

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34A5	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.172 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886dc1',
    500: '#4e34a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34a5;
$custom-light: #886dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.805,
    "s": 52.074,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42567,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34A5

secondary

#AEBF76

accent

#DC4CBB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34A5

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

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