#4E34B5#4E34B5

#4E34B5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.191 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E34B5
RGB	rgb(78, 52, 181)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 45.65, -64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 78.92, 305.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.0482 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.191 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7078, 7.4111, 44.4680)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E34B5 #9BB534

analogous

#345AB5 #4E34B5 #8E34B5

triadic

#4E34B5 #B54E34 #34B54E

tetradic

#4E34B5 #B5345A #9BB534 #34B58E

square

#4E34B5 #B5345A #9BB534 #34B58E

split-complementary

#4E34B5 #B58E34 #5AB534

monochromatic

#251956 #3A2685 #4E34B5 #6F57CF #9887DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#4E34B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E34B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E34B5

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E34B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E34B5	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A5771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e34b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 52, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.191 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ecc',
    500: '#4e34b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e34b5;
$custom-light: #8b6ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e34b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.093,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43997,
    "c": 0.19146,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E34B5

secondary

#B8C67F

accent

#DF49C1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E34B5

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

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