#4E31A2#4E31A2

#4E31A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.172 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31A2
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 162)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 69.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 41.62, -56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 70.34, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.0544 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.172 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7599, 6.4245, 34.8485)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.85

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31A2 #85A231

analogous

#314DA2 #4E31A2 #8731A2

triadic

#4E31A2 #A24E31 #31A24E

tetradic

#4E31A2 #A2314D #85A231 #31A287

square

#4E31A2 #A2314D #85A231 #31A287

split-complementary

#4E31A2 #A28731 #4DA231

monochromatic

#211544 #372373 #4E31A2 #6948C8 #9077D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E31A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E31A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31A2

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31A2	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.172 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886bbe',
    500: '#4e31a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31a2;
$custom-light: #886bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.398,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41865,
    "c": 0.17162,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31A2

secondary

#AABE71

accent

#DD4BB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31A2

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

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