#4E37B2#4E37B2

#4E37B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.184 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37B2
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 178)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 69.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 43.08, -62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 75.53, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.0462 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.184 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5415, 7.5657, 42.9103)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.94

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37B2 #9BB237

analogous

#375DB2 #4E37B2 #8C37B2

triadic

#4E37B2 #B24E37 #37B24E

tetradic

#4E37B2 #B2375D #9BB237 #37B28C

square

#4E37B2 #B2375D #9BB237 #37B28C

split-complementary

#4E37B2 #B28C37 #5DB237

monochromatic

#251A54 #3A2983 #4E37B2 #6F5ACC #9889DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#4E37B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E37B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37B2

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37B2	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E5770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.184 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70ca',
    500: '#4e37b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37b2;
$custom-light: #8a70ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.22,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44156,
    "c": 0.18433,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37B2

secondary

#B8C580

accent

#DC4CC1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37B2

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

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