#4E34A9#4E34A9

#4E34A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.177 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34A9
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 169)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 69.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 42.04, -58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 72.40, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.0504 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.177 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5292, 6.9397, 38.2604)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.06

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E34A9 #8FA934

analogous

#3455A9 #4E34A9 #8834A9

triadic

#4E34A9 #A94E34 #34A94E

tetradic

#4E34A9 #A93455 #8FA934 #34A988

square

#4E34A9 #A93455 #8FA934 #34A988

split-complementary

#4E34A9 #A98834 #55A934

monochromatic

#23174B #38267A #4E34A9 #6C51C9 #9380D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E34A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E34A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34A9

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34A9	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.177 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ec4',
    500: '#4e34a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34a9;
$custom-light: #896ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42918,
    "c": 0.17669,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34A9

secondary

#B1C178

accent

#DC4BBC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34A9

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

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