#4E31AC#4E31AC

#4E31AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.184 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31AC
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 172)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 71.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 44.59, -61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 75.79, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.0525 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.184 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6844, 6.7943, 39.7175)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31AC #8FAC31

analogous

#3152AC #4E31AC #8B31AC

triadic

#4E31AC #AC4E31 #31AC4E

tetradic

#4E31AC #AC3152 #8FAC31 #31AC8B

square

#4E31AC #AC3152 #8FAC31 #31AC8B

split-complementary

#4E31AC #AC8B31 #52AC31

monochromatic

#23164D #38237C #4E31AC #6C4ECC #937DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E31AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E31AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31AC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31AC	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.184 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc6',
    500: '#4e31ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31ac;
$custom-light: #896cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.146,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42759,
    "c": 0.18388,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31AC

secondary

#B1C376

accent

#DF49BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31AC

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

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