#4E34A8#4E34A8

#4E34A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.175 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34A8
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 168)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 69%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 41.74, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 71.85, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.0505 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.175 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4357, 6.9022, 37.7679)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.13

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E34A8 #8EA834

analogous

#3454A8 #4E34A8 #8834A8

triadic

#4E34A8 #A84E34 #34A84E

tetradic

#4E34A8 #A83454 #8EA834 #34A888

square

#4E34A8 #A83454 #8EA834 #34A888

split-complementary

#4E34A8 #A88834 #54A834

monochromatic

#23174B #382679 #4E34A8 #6B50C9 #937FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E34A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E34A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34A8

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34A8	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.175 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886dc3',
    500: '#4e34a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34a8;
$custom-light: #886dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.448,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4283,
    "c": 0.17544,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34A8

secondary

#B0C077

accent

#DC4CBC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34A8

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