#4E37A4#4E37A4

#4E37A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.167 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37A4
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 164)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 66.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 38.80, -55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 67.80, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.0482 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.167 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2069, 7.0319, 35.8815)
Luminance	0.0703 (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

#4E37A4 #8DA437

analogous

#3756A4 #4E37A4 #8537A4

triadic

#4E37A4 #A44E37 #37A44E

tetradic

#4E37A4 #A43756 #8DA437 #37A485

square

#4E37A4 #A43756 #8DA437 #37A485

split-complementary

#4E37A4 #A48537 #56A437

monochromatic

#221848 #382876 #4E37A4 #6B53C5 #9281D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#4E37A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E37A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37A4

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37A4	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.167 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc0',
    500: '#4e37a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37a4;
$custom-light: #886fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.661,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42939,
    "c": 0.16666,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37A4

secondary

#AFBE79

accent

#D94FBC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37A4

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

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