#4E37BE#4E37BE

#4E37BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.199 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E37BE
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(250, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.13, 46.73, -67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.13, 82.01, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% 0.044 -0.1941)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.199 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7995, 8.0689, 49.5355)
Luminance	0.0807 (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

#4E37BE #A7BE37

analogous

#3764BE #4E37BE #9137BE

triadic

#4E37BE #BE4E37 #37BE4E

tetradic

#4E37BE #BE3764 #A7BE37 #37BE91

square

#4E37BE #BE3764 #A7BE37 #37BE91

split-complementary

#4E37BE #BE9137 #64BE37

monochromatic

#271C5F #3B298F #4E37BE #7461D1 #9E90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#4E37BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E37BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E37BE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E37BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E37BE	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#025B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e37be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.199 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70d3',
    500: '#4e37be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e37be;
$custom-light: #8c70d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e37be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45243,
    "c": 0.19907,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E37BE

secondary

#BECA87

accent

#DE49C5

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E37BE

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

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