#4E34A7#4E34A7

#4E34A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.174 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34A7
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 167)
HSL	hsl(254, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 41.44, -58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 71.30, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% 0.0507 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.174 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3429, 6.8651, 37.2791)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.20

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E34A7 #8DA734

analogous

#3454A7 #4E34A7 #8734A7

triadic

#4E34A7 #A74E34 #34A74E

tetradic

#4E34A7 #A73454 #8DA734 #34A787

square

#4E34A7 #A73454 #8DA734 #34A787

split-complementary

#4E34A7 #A78734 #54A734

monochromatic

#22174A #382578 #4E34A7 #6B50C8 #927ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#4E34A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E34A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34A7

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34A7	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.174 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886dc2',
    500: '#4e34a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34a7;
$custom-light: #886dc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.565,
    "s": 52.511,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42742,
    "c": 0.1742,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34A7

secondary

#AFC077

accent

#DC4CBB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34A7

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