#4E31A4#4E31A4

#4E31A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.174 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31A4
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 164)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.63, 42.22, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.63, 71.44, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.054 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.174 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9391, 6.4961, 35.7922)
Luminance	0.0650 (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

#4E31A4 #87A431

analogous

#314EA4 #4E31A4 #8831A4

triadic

#4E31A4 #A44E31 #31A44E

tetradic

#4E31A4 #A4314E #87A431 #31A488

square

#4E31A4 #A4314E #87A431 #31A488

split-complementary

#4E31A4 #A48831 #4EA431

monochromatic

#211546 #382375 #4E31A4 #6A49C9 #9079D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#4E31A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E31A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31A4

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31A4	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.174 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886bc0',
    500: '#4e31a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31a4;
$custom-light: #886bc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.13,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42042,
    "c": 0.17409,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31A4

secondary

#ACBF72

accent

#DD4AB8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31A4

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

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