#4E31A8#4E31A8

#4E31A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.179 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31A8
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 168)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.98, 43.40, -59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.98, 73.62, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.0533 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.179 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3060, 6.6429, 37.7247)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.78

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31A8 #8BA831

analogous

#314FA8 #4E31A8 #8A31A8

triadic

#4E31A8 #A84E31 #31A84E

tetradic

#4E31A8 #A8314F #8BA831 #31A88A

square

#4E31A8 #A8314F #8BA831 #31A88A

split-complementary

#4E31A8 #A88A31 #4FA831

monochromatic

#221549 #382379 #4E31A8 #6B4CCB #927BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#4E31A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E31A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31A8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31A8	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A5069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.179 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc3',
    500: '#4e31a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31a8;
$custom-light: #896cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.622,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42398,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31A8

secondary

#AEC174

accent

#DE4ABA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31A8

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