#4A31AA#4A31AA

#4A31AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.182 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A31AA
RGB	rgb(74, 49, 170)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 71.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 43.36, -61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 74.87, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.0471 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.182 285)
XYZ	xyz(11.1759, 6.5541, 38.6986)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.65

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A31AA #91AA31

analogous

#3154AA #4A31AA #8631AA

triadic

#4A31AA #AA4A31 #31AA4A

tetradic

#4A31AA #AA3154 #91AA31 #31AA86

square

#4A31AA #AA3154 #91AA31 #31AA86

split-complementary

#4A31AA #AA8631 #54AA31

monochromatic

#21164B #35237A #4A31AA #674DCC #8F7CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4A31AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4A31AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A31AA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A31AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A31AA	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a31aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 49, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.182 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bc4',
    500: '#4a31aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a31aa;
$custom-light: #876bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a31aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.397,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42209,
    "c": 0.18181,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A31AA

secondary

#B2C275

accent

#DF49C0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A31AA

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

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