#4E34AA#4E34AA

#4E34AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.178 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34AA
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 170)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 42.34, -59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 72.95, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.0502 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.178 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6234, 6.9774, 38.7567)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.00

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E34AA #90AA34

analogous

#3455AA #4E34AA #8934AA

triadic

#4E34AA #AA4E34 #34AA4E

tetradic

#4E34AA #AA3455 #90AA34 #34AA89

square

#4E34AA #AA3455 #90AA34 #34AA89

split-complementary

#4E34AA #AA8934 #55AA34

monochromatic

#23174C #38267B #4E34AA #6C51CA #9480D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#4E34AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E34AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34AA

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34AA	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.178 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ec4',
    500: '#4e34aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34aa;
$custom-light: #896ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.22,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43006,
    "c": 0.17794,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34AA

secondary

#B1C178

accent

#DD4BBD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34AA

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

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