#4E31A7#4E31A7

#4E31A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.178 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31A7
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 167)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 43.11, -59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 73.08, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.0535 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.178 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2132, 6.6058, 37.2359)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.84

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31A7 #8AA731

analogous

#314FA7 #4E31A7 #8931A7

triadic

#4E31A7 #A74E31 #31A74E

tetradic

#4E31A7 #A7314F #8AA731 #31A789

square

#4E31A7 #A7314F #8AA731 #31A789

split-complementary

#4E31A7 #A78931 #4FA731

monochromatic

#221548 #382378 #4E31A7 #6A4BCA #917AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#4E31A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E31A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31A7

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31A7	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.178 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc2',
    500: '#4e31a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31a7;
$custom-light: #896cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.746,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42309,
    "c": 0.17778,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31A7

secondary

#AEC173

accent

#DE4ABA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31A7

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

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