#4E31AA#4E31AA

#4E31AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.181 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31AA
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 170)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 71.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 44.00, -60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 74.71, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.0529 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.181 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4937, 6.7180, 38.7135)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.66

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31AA #8DAA31

analogous

#3151AA #4E31AA #8A31AA

triadic

#4E31AA #AA4E31 #31AA4E

tetradic

#4E31AA #AA3151 #8DAA31 #31AA8A

square

#4E31AA #AA3151 #8DAA31 #31AA8A

split-complementary

#4E31AA #AA8A31 #51AA31

monochromatic

#22164B #38237A #4E31AA #6B4DCC #927CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#4E31AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E31AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31AA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31AA	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.181 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc4',
    500: '#4e31aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31aa;
$custom-light: #896cc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.38,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42578,
    "c": 0.18145,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31AA

secondary

#AFC275

accent

#DF49BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31AA

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

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