#4831AB#4831AB

#4831AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.183 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4831AB
RGB	rgb(72, 49, 171)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 43.36, -61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 75.49, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.044 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.183 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1192, 6.5139, 39.1916)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.62

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4831AB #94AB31

analogous

#3157AB #4831AB #8531AB

triadic

#4831AB #AB4831 #31AB48

tetradic

#4831AB #AB3157 #94AB31 #31AB85

square

#4831AB #AB3157 #94AB31 #31AB85

split-complementary

#4831AB #AB8531 #57AB31

monochromatic

#20164C #34237B #4831AB #654DCC #8E7DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4831AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4831AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4831AB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4831AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4831AB	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4831ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 49, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.183 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866bc5',
    500: '#4831ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4831ab;
$custom-light: #866bc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4831ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.311,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42124,
    "c": 0.18327,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4831AB

secondary

#B4C275

accent

#DF49C3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4831AB

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

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