#4E31B3#4E31B3

#4E31B3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.192 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31B3
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 179)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 72.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 46.66, -64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 79.56, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.051 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.192 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3744, 7.0703, 43.3517)
Luminance	0.0707 (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

#4E31B3 #96B331

analogous

#3155B3 #4E31B3 #8F31B3

triadic

#4E31B3 #B34E31 #31B34E

tetradic

#4E31B3 #B33155 #96B331 #31B38F

square

#4E31B3 #B33155 #96B331 #31B38F

split-complementary

#4E31B3 #B38F31 #55B331

monochromatic

#241753 #392483 #4E31B3 #6E52D0 #9682DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#4E31B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E31B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31B3

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31B3	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.192 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ccb',
    500: '#4e31b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31b3;
$custom-light: #8a6ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.385,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43402,
    "c": 0.19233,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31B3

secondary

#B5C67A

accent

#E048BE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31B3

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

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