#4E37B6#4E37B6

#4E37B6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.189 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37B6
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 182)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 69.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, 44.30, -63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 77.71, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.0455 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.189 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9490, 7.7287, 45.0563)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E37B6 #9FB637

analogous

#3760B6 #4E37B6 #8E37B6

triadic

#4E37B6 #B64E37 #37B64E

tetradic

#4E37B6 #B63760 #9FB637 #37B68E

square

#4E37B6 #B63760 #9FB637 #37B68E

split-complementary

#4E37B6 #B68E37 #60B637

monochromatic

#261B58 #3A2987 #4E37B6 #715CCE #9A8BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#4E37B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E37B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37B6

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37B6	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#185872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.189 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70cd',
    500: '#4e37b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37b6;
$custom-light: #8a70cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.866,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44514,
    "c": 0.18929,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37B6

secondary

#BAC682

accent

#DD4BC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37B6

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

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