#4E31AF#4E31AF

#4E31AF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.188 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31AF
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 175)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 72%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 45.48, -62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 77.41, 305.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% 0.0519 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.188 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9757, 6.9108, 41.2520)
Luminance	0.0691 (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

#4E31AF #92AF31

analogous

#3153AF #4E31AF #8D31AF

triadic

#4E31AF #AF4E31 #31AF4E

tetradic

#4E31AF #AF3153 #92AF31 #31AF8D

square

#4E31AF #AF3153 #92AF31 #31AF8D

split-complementary

#4E31AF #AF8D31 #53AF31

monochromatic

#23164F #39247F #4E31AF #6C4FCE #947FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E31AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E31AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31AF

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31AF	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23536D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.188 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6cc8',
    500: '#4e31af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31af;
$custom-light: #8a6cc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.81,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43033,
    "c": 0.18752,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31AF

secondary

#B3C478

accent

#E048BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31AF

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

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