#4E37AC#4E37AC

#4E37AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.177 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37AC
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 172)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 68%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, 41.25, -59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 72.24, 304.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% 0.0471 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.177 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9522, 7.3300, 39.8068)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.19

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37AC #95AC37

analogous

#375BAC #4E37AC #8937AC

triadic

#4E37AC #AC4E37 #37AC4E

tetradic

#4E37AC #AC375B #95AC37 #37AC89

square

#4E37AC #AC375B #95AC37 #37AC89

split-complementary

#4E37AC #AC8937 #5BAC37

monochromatic

#24194F #39287E #4E37AC #6D57C9 #9685D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#4E37AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E37AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37AC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37AC	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.177 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c6',
    500: '#4e37ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37ac;
$custom-light: #8970c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.795,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43627,
    "c": 0.17683,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37AC

secondary

#B4C27D

accent

#DB4DBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37AC

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

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