#4E34AE#4E34AE

#4E34AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.183 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34AE
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, 43.54, -61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 75.13, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.0495 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.183 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0076, 7.1310, 40.7799)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.79

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E34AE #94AE34

analogous

#3457AE #4E34AE #8B34AE

triadic

#4E34AE #AE4E34 #34AE4E

tetradic

#4E34AE #AE3457 #94AE34 #34AE8B

square

#4E34AE #AE3457 #94AE34 #34AE8B

split-complementary

#4E34AE #AE8B34 #57AE34

monochromatic

#241850 #39267F #4E34AE #6D53CC #9583DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#4E34AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E34AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34AE

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34AE	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.183 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ec7',
    500: '#4e34ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34ae;
$custom-light: #896ec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43362,
    "c": 0.18288,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34AE

secondary

#B4C37B

accent

#DD4ABE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34AE

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

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