#4E31AE#4E31AE

#4E31AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.186 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31AE
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 71.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 45.18, -62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 76.87, 306.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.0521 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.186 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8779, 6.8717, 40.7367)
Luminance	0.0687 (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

#4E31AE #91AE31

analogous

#3152AE #4E31AE #8C31AE

triadic

#4E31AE #AE4E31 #31AE4E

tetradic

#4E31AE #AE3152 #91AE31 #31AE8C

square

#4E31AE #AE3152 #91AE31 #31AE8C

split-complementary

#4E31AE #AE8C31 #52AE31

monochromatic

#23164E #39247E #4E31AE #6C4FCD #947FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4E31AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E31AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31AE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31AE	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.186 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6cc7',
    500: '#4e31ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31ae;
$custom-light: #8a6cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.92,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42942,
    "c": 0.18631,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31AE

secondary

#B2C477

accent

#DF48BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31AE

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

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