#4E34AD#4E34AD

#4E34AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.182 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34AD
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 173)
HSL	hsl(253, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 69.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, 43.24, -60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 74.59, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% 0.0497 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.182 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9104, 7.0922, 40.2684)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.84

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E34AD #93AD34

analogous

#3456AD #4E34AD #8B34AD

triadic

#4E34AD #AD4E34 #34AD4E

tetradic

#4E34AD #AD3456 #93AD34 #34AD8B

square

#4E34AD #AD3456 #93AD34 #34AD8B

split-complementary

#4E34AD #AD8B34 #56AD34

monochromatic

#24184F #39267E #4E34AD #6D53CB #9582D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#4E34AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E34AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34AD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34AD	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.182 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ec6',
    500: '#4e34ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34ad;
$custom-light: #896ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.893,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43273,
    "c": 0.18165,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34AD

secondary

#B3C37A

accent

#DD4BBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34AD

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

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