#4E37A6#4E37A6

#4E37A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.169 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37A6
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 166)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 66.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 39.41, -56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 68.91, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% 0.048 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.169 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3890, 7.1047, 36.8402)
Luminance	0.0711 (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

#4E37A6 #8FA637

analogous

#3758A6 #4E37A6 #8537A6

triadic

#4E37A6 #A64E37 #37A64E

tetradic

#4E37A6 #A63758 #8FA637 #37A685

square

#4E37A6 #A63758 #8FA637 #37A685

split-complementary

#4E37A6 #A68537 #58A637

monochromatic

#23194A #382878 #4E37A6 #6C54C6 #9382D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#4E37A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E37A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37A6

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37A6	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.169 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc1',
    500: '#4e37a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37a6;
$custom-light: #886fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.432,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43109,
    "c": 0.16922,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37A6

secondary

#B1BF7A

accent

#DA4EBD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37A6

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

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