#4E37BA#4E37BA

#4E37BA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.194 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37BA
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 186)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 70.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, 45.52, -65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 79.87, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.0448 -0.189)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.194 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3683, 7.8964, 47.2646)
Luminance	0.0790 (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

#4E37BA #A3BA37

analogous

#3762BA #4E37BA #8F37BA

triadic

#4E37BA #BA4E37 #37BA4E

tetradic

#4E37BA #BA3762 #A3BA37 #37BA8F

square

#4E37BA #BA3762 #A3BA37 #37BA8F

split-complementary

#4E37BA #BA8F37 #62BA37

monochromatic

#261B5C #3A298B #4E37BA #725FD0 #9C8EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#4E37BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E37BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37BA

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37BA	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F5A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.194 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70d0',
    500: '#4e37ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37ba;
$custom-light: #8b70d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.534,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44876,
    "c": 0.19421,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37BA

secondary

#BCC885

accent

#DE4AC4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37BA

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

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