#4E37BD#4E37BD

#4E37BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.198 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37BD
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(250, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.04, 46.43, -66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.04, 81.48, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.15% 0.0442 -0.1929)
OKLCH	oklch(45.15% 0.198 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6905, 8.0253, 48.9619)
Luminance	0.0803 (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

#4E37BD #A6BD37

analogous

#3763BD #4E37BD #9137BD

triadic

#4E37BD #BD4E37 #37BD4E

tetradic

#4E37BD #BD3763 #A6BD37 #37BD91

square

#4E37BD #BD3763 #A6BD37 #37BD91

split-complementary

#4E37BD #BD9137 #63BD37

monochromatic

#271B5E #3A298E #4E37BD #7460D1 #9D90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#4E37BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E37BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37BD

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37BD	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#065B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.198 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70d2',
    500: '#4e37bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37bd;
$custom-light: #8c70d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.299,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45151,
    "c": 0.19786,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37BD

secondary

#BEC986

accent

#DE4AC5

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37BD

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

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