#4E37A3#4E37A3

#4E37A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.165 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37A3
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 163)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 38.50, -55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 67.24, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.0483 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.165 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.1170, 6.9959, 35.4078)
Luminance	0.0700 (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

#4E37A3 #8CA337

analogous

#3756A3 #4E37A3 #8437A3

triadic

#4E37A3 #A34E37 #37A34E

tetradic

#4E37A3 #A33756 #8CA337 #37A384

square

#4E37A3 #A33756 #8CA337 #37A384

split-complementary

#4E37A3 #A38437 #56A337

monochromatic

#221847 #382875 #4E37A3 #6B52C5 #9280D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#4E37A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E37A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37A3

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37A3	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.165 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876fbf',
    500: '#4e37a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37a3;
$custom-light: #876fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.778,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42854,
    "c": 0.16538,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.06996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37A3

secondary

#AFBE78

accent

#D94FBC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37A3

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

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