#4E31A5#4E31A5

#4E31A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.175 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31A5
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 70.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 42.51, -58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 71.99, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.0538 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.175 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0297, 6.5324, 36.2697)
Luminance	0.0653 (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

#4E31A5 #88A531

analogous

#314EA5 #4E31A5 #8831A5

triadic

#4E31A5 #A54E31 #31A54E

tetradic

#4E31A5 #A5314E #88A531 #31A588

square

#4E31A5 #A5314E #88A531 #31A588

split-complementary

#4E31A5 #A58831 #4EA531

monochromatic

#211547 #382376 #4E31A5 #6A4AC9 #9179D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#4E31A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E31A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31A5

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31A5	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.175 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886bc1',
    500: '#4e31a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31a5;
$custom-light: #886bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4213,
    "c": 0.17533,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31A5

secondary

#ACC072

accent

#DE4AB9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31A5

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

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