#4E37A2#4E37A2

#4E37A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.164 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37A2
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 162)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 66%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 38.19, -54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 66.68, 304.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.0485 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.164 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0277, 6.9602, 34.9378)
Luminance	0.0696 (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

#4E37A2 #8BA237

analogous

#3756A2 #4E37A2 #8337A2

triadic

#4E37A2 #A24E37 #37A24E

tetradic

#4E37A2 #A23756 #8BA237 #37A283

square

#4E37A2 #A23756 #8BA237 #37A283

split-complementary

#4E37A2 #A28337 #56A237

monochromatic

#221847 #382774 #4E37A2 #6B52C4 #9280D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#4E37A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E37A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37A2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37A2	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.164 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876fbe',
    500: '#4e37a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37a2;
$custom-light: #876fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.897,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4277,
    "c": 0.16409,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37A2

secondary

#AEBD78

accent

#D94FBB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37A2

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

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