#4E37AE#4E37AE

#4E37AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.179 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37AE
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 174)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 68.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 41.86, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 73.34, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.0468 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.179 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1457, 7.4074, 40.8260)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.08

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37AE #97AE37

analogous

#375BAE #4E37AE #8A37AE

triadic

#4E37AE #AE4E37 #37AE4E

tetradic

#4E37AE #AE375B #97AE37 #37AE8A

square

#4E37AE #AE375B #97AE37 #37AE8A

split-complementary

#4E37AE #AE8A37 #5BAE37

monochromatic

#241A51 #39287F #4E37AE #6E58CA #9686D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#4E37AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E37AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37AE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37AE	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23566E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.179 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c7',
    500: '#4e37ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37ae;
$custom-light: #8970c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.597,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43802,
    "c": 0.17935,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37AE

secondary

#B6C37E

accent

#DB4CC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37AE

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