#4E31A1#4E31A1

#4E31A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.170 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31A1
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 161)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, 41.32, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 69.79, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.0545 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.17 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6713, 6.3891, 34.3822)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31A1 #84A131

analogous

#314CA1 #4E31A1 #8631A1

triadic

#4E31A1 #A14E31 #31A14E

tetradic

#4E31A1 #A1314C #84A131 #31A186

square

#4E31A1 #A1314C #84A131 #31A186

split-complementary

#4E31A1 #A18631 #4CA131

monochromatic

#211443 #372372 #4E31A1 #6948C7 #8F77D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4E31A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E31A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31A1

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31A1	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.170 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886bbe',
    500: '#4e31a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31a1;
$custom-light: #886bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.536,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41778,
    "c": 0.17038,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31A1

secondary

#AABE70

accent

#DD4BB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31A1

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

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