#4E31A3#4E31A3

#4E31A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.173 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31A3
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 163)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 69.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 41.92, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 70.89, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.0542 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.173 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8491, 6.4602, 35.3185)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31A3 #86A331

analogous

#314DA3 #4E31A3 #8731A3

triadic

#4E31A3 #A34E31 #31A34E

tetradic

#4E31A3 #A3314D #86A331 #31A387

square

#4E31A3 #A3314D #86A331 #31A387

split-complementary

#4E31A3 #A38731 #4DA331

monochromatic

#211545 #372374 #4E31A3 #6949C8 #9078D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E31A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E31A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31A3

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31A3	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.173 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886bbf',
    500: '#4e31a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31a3;
$custom-light: #886bbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.263,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41954,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31A3

secondary

#ABBF71

accent

#DD4BB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31A3

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

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