#4E37A9#4E37A9

#4E37A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.173 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37A9
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 169)
HSL	hsl(252, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 67.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 40.33, -57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 70.58, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% 0.0476 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.173 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.6674, 7.2160, 38.3065)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.40

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37A9 #92A937

analogous

#3759A9 #4E37A9 #8737A9

triadic

#4E37A9 #A94E37 #37A94E

tetradic

#4E37A9 #A93759 #92A937 #37A987

square

#4E37A9 #A93759 #92A937 #37A987

split-complementary

#4E37A9 #A98737 #59A937

monochromatic

#23194D #39287B #4E37A9 #6C55C8 #9484D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#4E37A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E37A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37A9

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37A9	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29546B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.173 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc3',
    500: '#4e37a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37a9;
$custom-light: #886fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.105,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43366,
    "c": 0.17303,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.07217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37A9

secondary

#B3C07B

accent

#DA4DBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37A9

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

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