#4E31A0#4E31A0

#4E31A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.169 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31A0
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 160)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 69%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 69.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, 41.03, -55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 69.24, 306.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.0547 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.169 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5835, 6.3539, 33.9197)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.12

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31A0 #83A031

analogous

#314BA0 #4E31A0 #8531A0

triadic

#4E31A0 #A04E31 #31A04E

tetradic

#4E31A0 #A0314B #83A031 #31A085

square

#4E31A0 #A0314B #83A031 #31A085

split-complementary

#4E31A0 #A08531 #4BA031

monochromatic

#201442 #372371 #4E31A0 #6947C7 #8F76D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4E31A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E31A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31A0

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31A0	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.169 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876bbd',
    500: '#4e31a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31a0;
$custom-light: #876bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.676,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4169,
    "c": 0.16914,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31A0

secondary

#A9BD70

accent

#DD4BB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31A0

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

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