#4E37A7#4E37A7

#4E37A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.171 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37A7
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 167)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 67.1%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 39.72, -57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 69.47, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.0478 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.171 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4810, 7.1415, 37.3252)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37A7 #90A737

analogous

#3758A7 #4E37A7 #8637A7

triadic

#4E37A7 #A74E37 #37A74E

tetradic

#4E37A7 #A73758 #90A737 #37A786

square

#4E37A7 #A73758 #90A737 #37A786

split-complementary

#4E37A7 #A78637 #58A737

monochromatic

#23194B #382879 #4E37A7 #6C54C7 #9482D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#4E37A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E37A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37A7

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37A7	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A536A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.171 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc2',
    500: '#4e37a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37a7;
$custom-light: #886fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.321,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43194,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37A7

secondary

#B1C07A

accent

#DA4EBD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37A7

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

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