#4E37B8#4E37B8

#4E37B8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.192 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37B8
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 44.91, -64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 78.79, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0451 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.192 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1571, 7.8119, 46.1527)
Luminance	0.0781 (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

#4E37B8 #A1B837

analogous

#3760B8 #4E37B8 #8F37B8

triadic

#4E37B8 #B84E37 #37B84E

tetradic

#4E37B8 #B83760 #A1B837 #37B88F

square

#4E37B8 #B83760 #A1B837 #37B88F

split-complementary

#4E37B8 #B88F37 #60B837

monochromatic

#261B5A #3A2989 #4E37B8 #725DCF #9B8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#4E37B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E37B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37B8

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37B8	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#145973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.192 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70ce',
    500: '#4e37b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37b8;
$custom-light: #8b70ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.698,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44694,
    "c": 0.19175,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37B8

secondary

#BBC784

accent

#DD4AC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37B8

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

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