#4E31B2#4E31B2

#4E31B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.191 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31B2
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 178)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 72.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 46.37, -63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 79.02, 305.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.0512 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.191 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2737, 7.0300, 42.8210)
Luminance	0.0703 (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

#4E31B2 #95B231

analogous

#3155B2 #4E31B2 #8E31B2

triadic

#4E31B2 #B24E31 #31B24E

tetradic

#4E31B2 #B23155 #95B231 #31B28E

square

#4E31B2 #B23155 #95B231 #31B28E

split-complementary

#4E31B2 #B28E31 #55B231

monochromatic

#241752 #392482 #4E31B2 #6D51CF #9681DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#4E31B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E31B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31B2

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31B2	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F546E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.191 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6cca',
    500: '#4e31b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31b2;
$custom-light: #8a6cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.488,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4331,
    "c": 0.19113,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31B2

secondary

#B4C579

accent

#E048BE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31B2

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

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