#4A31AD#4A31AD

#4A31AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.185 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A31AD
RGB	rgb(74, 49, 173)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 44.27, -62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 76.50, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.0465 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.186 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4629, 6.6689, 40.2103)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.51

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A31AD #94AD31

analogous

#3156AD #4A31AD #8831AD

triadic

#4A31AD #AD4A31 #31AD4A

tetradic

#4A31AD #AD3156 #94AD31 #31AD88

square

#4A31AD #AD3156 #94AD31 #31AD88

split-complementary

#4A31AD #AD8831 #56AD31

monochromatic

#21164E #36237D #4A31AD #684ECD #917EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#4A31AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4A31AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A31AD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A31AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A31AD	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a31ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 49, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.185 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876cc7',
    500: '#4a31ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a31ad;
$custom-light: #876cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a31ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.097,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42486,
    "c": 0.1855,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A31AD

secondary

#B4C377

accent

#DF49C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A31AD

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

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