#4E31A6#4E31A6

#4E31A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.177 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31A6
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 166)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 70.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, 42.81, -58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 72.53, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.0536 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.177 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1211, 6.5690, 36.7509)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.91

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31A6 #89A631

analogous

#314EA6 #4E31A6 #8931A6

triadic

#4E31A6 #A64E31 #31A64E

tetradic

#4E31A6 #A6314E #89A631 #31A689

square

#4E31A6 #A6314E #89A631 #31A689

split-complementary

#4E31A6 #A68931 #4EA631

monochromatic

#221547 #382377 #4E31A6 #6A4ACA #917AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E31A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E31A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31A6

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31A6	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.177 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886cc1',
    500: '#4e31a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31a6;
$custom-light: #886cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.872,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42219,
    "c": 0.17656,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31A6

secondary

#ADC073

accent

#DE4AB9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31A6

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

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