#4E31AD#4E31AD

#4E31AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.185 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31AD
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 173)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 71.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 44.89, -61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 76.33, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.0523 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.185 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7808, 6.8328, 40.2252)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31AD #90AD31

analogous

#3152AD #4E31AD #8C31AD

triadic

#4E31AD #AD4E31 #31AD4E

tetradic

#4E31AD #AD3152 #90AD31 #31AD8C

square

#4E31AD #AD3152 #90AD31 #31AD8C

split-complementary

#4E31AD #AD8C31 #52AD31

monochromatic

#23164E #38237D #4E31AD #6C4ECD #947EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#4E31AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E31AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31AD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31AD	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.185 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cc6',
    500: '#4e31ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31ad;
$custom-light: #896cc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.032,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4285,
    "c": 0.1851,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31AD

secondary

#B1C377

accent

#DF49BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31AD

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

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