#4E31A9#4E31A9

#4E31A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.180 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31A9
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 169)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 71%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 43.70, -59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 74.17, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.0531 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.18 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3995, 6.6803, 38.2172)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.72

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31A9 #8CA931

analogous

#3150A9 #4E31A9 #8A31A9

triadic

#4E31A9 #A94E31 #31A94E

tetradic

#4E31A9 #A93150 #8CA931 #31A98A

square

#4E31A9 #A93150 #8CA931 #31A98A

split-complementary

#4E31A9 #A98A31 #50A931

monochromatic

#22154A #38237A #4E31A9 #6B4CCB #927CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#4E31A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E31A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31A9

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31A9	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#295069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.180 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc4',
    500: '#4e31a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31a9;
$custom-light: #896cc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42488,
    "c": 0.18023,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31A9

secondary

#AFC174

accent

#DE49BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31A9

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

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