#4E34A6#4E34A6

#4E34A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.173 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34A6
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 166)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 68.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 41.13, -57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 70.75, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.0509 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.173 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2508, 6.8283, 36.7942)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.28

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E34A6 #8CA634

analogous

#3453A6 #4E34A6 #8734A6

triadic

#4E34A6 #A64E34 #34A64E

tetradic

#4E34A6 #A63453 #8CA634 #34A687

square

#4E34A6 #A63453 #8CA634 #34A687

split-complementary

#4E34A6 #A68734 #53A634

monochromatic

#221749 #382577 #4E34A6 #6B4FC8 #927ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4E34A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E34A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34A6

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34A6	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.173 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886dc1',
    500: '#4e34a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34a6;
$custom-light: #886dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.684,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42655,
    "c": 0.17294,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34A6

secondary

#AFC076

accent

#DC4CBB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34A6

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