#4A31AE#4A31AE

#4A31AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.187 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A31AE
RGB	rgb(74, 49, 174)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 44.57, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 77.04, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.0463 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.187 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5600, 6.7078, 40.7218)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A31AE #95AE31

analogous

#3156AE #4A31AE #8831AE

triadic

#4A31AE #AE4A31 #31AE4A

tetradic

#4A31AE #AE3156 #95AE31 #31AE88

square

#4A31AE #AE3156 #95AE31 #31AE88

split-complementary

#4A31AE #AE8831 #56AE31

monochromatic

#21164E #36247E #4A31AE #684FCD #917FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#4A31AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4A31AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A31AE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A31AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A31AE	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a31ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 49, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.187 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876cc7',
    500: '#4a31ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a31ae;
$custom-light: #876cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a31ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42579,
    "c": 0.18672,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A31AE

secondary

#B4C477

accent

#DF48C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A31AE

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

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