#4E31B0#4E31B0

#4E31B0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.189 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31B0
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 176)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 45.77, -63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 77.95, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.0516 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.189 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0743, 6.9502, 41.7712)
Luminance	0.0695 (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

#4E31B0 #93B031

analogous

#3154B0 #4E31B0 #8E31B0

triadic

#4E31B0 #B04E31 #31B04E

tetradic

#4E31B0 #B03154 #93B031 #31B08E

square

#4E31B0 #B03154 #93B031 #31B08E

split-complementary

#4E31B0 #B08E31 #54B031

monochromatic

#241650 #392480 #4E31B0 #6D50CE #9580DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E31B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E31B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31B0

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31B0	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22536D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.189 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6cc9',
    500: '#4e31b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31b0;
$custom-light: #8a6cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.701,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43125,
    "c": 0.18872,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31B0

secondary

#B3C578

accent

#E048BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31B0

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

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