#4E31B1#4E31B1

#4E31B1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.190 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31B1
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 177)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.78, 46.07, -63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.78, 78.49, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.0514 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.19 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1736, 6.9900, 42.2942)
Luminance	0.0699 (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

#4E31B1 #94B131

analogous

#3154B1 #4E31B1 #8E31B1

triadic

#4E31B1 #B14E31 #31B14E

tetradic

#4E31B1 #B13154 #94B131 #31B18E

square

#4E31B1 #B13154 #94B131 #31B18E

split-complementary

#4E31B1 #B18E31 #54B131

monochromatic

#241651 #392481 #4E31B1 #6D51CF #9580DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E31B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E31B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31B1

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31B1	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20536E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.190 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6cc9',
    500: '#4e31b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31b1;
$custom-light: #8a6cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.594,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43217,
    "c": 0.18993,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31B1

secondary

#B4C579

accent

#E048BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31B1

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

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