#4E37A5#4E37A5

#4E37A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.168 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37A5
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 39.11, -56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 68.36, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% 0.0481 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.168 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2976, 7.0681, 36.3590)
Luminance	0.0707 (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

#4E37A5 #8EA537

analogous

#3757A5 #4E37A5 #8537A5

triadic

#4E37A5 #A54E37 #37A54E

tetradic

#4E37A5 #A53757 #8EA537 #37A585

square

#4E37A5 #A53757 #8EA537 #37A585

split-complementary

#4E37A5 #A58537 #57A537

monochromatic

#231849 #382877 #4E37A5 #6B53C6 #9381D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#4E37A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E37A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37A5

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37A5	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.168 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc1',
    500: '#4e37a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37a5;
$custom-light: #886fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.545,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43024,
    "c": 0.16794,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37A5

secondary

#B0BF79

accent

#DA4EBC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37A5

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

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