#4E37B9#4E37B9

#4E37B9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.193 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37B9
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 185)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.68, 45.21, -65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.68, 79.33, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.79% 0.0449 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(44.79% 0.193 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2623, 7.8540, 46.7067)
Luminance	0.0785 (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

#4E37B9 #A2B937

analogous

#3761B9 #4E37B9 #8F37B9

triadic

#4E37B9 #B94E37 #37B94E

tetradic

#4E37B9 #B93761 #A2B937 #37B98F

square

#4E37B9 #B93761 #A2B937 #37B98F

split-complementary

#4E37B9 #B98F37 #61B937

monochromatic

#261B5B #3A298A #4E37B9 #725ECF #9B8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#4E37B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E37B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37B9

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37B9	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#125A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.193 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70cf',
    500: '#4e37b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37b9;
$custom-light: #8b70cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.615,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44785,
    "c": 0.19298,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37B9

secondary

#BCC884

accent

#DE4AC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37B9

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

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