#4E37AD#4E37AD

#4E37AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.178 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37AD
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 173)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.63, 41.55, -59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.63, 72.79, 304.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.047 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.178 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0486, 7.3685, 40.3145)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.14

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37AD #96AD37

analogous

#375BAD #4E37AD #8937AD

triadic

#4E37AD #AD4E37 #37AD4E

tetradic

#4E37AD #AD375B #96AD37 #37AD89

square

#4E37AD #AD375B #96AD37 #37AD89

split-complementary

#4E37AD #AD8937 #5BAD37

monochromatic

#241950 #39287F #4E37AD #6E57CA #9686D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#4E37AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E37AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37AD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37AD	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.178 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c6',
    500: '#4e37ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37ad;
$custom-light: #8970c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.695,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43714,
    "c": 0.17808,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37AD

secondary

#B5C27D

accent

#DB4DBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37AD

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

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