#4E31B4#4E31B4

#4E31B4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.194 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31B4
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 180)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 46.96, -64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 80.09, 305.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% 0.0508 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.194 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4759, 7.1109, 43.8863)
Luminance	0.0711 (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

#4E31B4 #97B431

analogous

#3156B4 #4E31B4 #8F31B4

triadic

#4E31B4 #B44E31 #31B44E

tetradic

#4E31B4 #B43156 #97B431 #31B48F

square

#4E31B4 #B43156 #97B431 #31B48F

split-complementary

#4E31B4 #B48F31 #56B431

monochromatic

#241754 #392484 #4E31B4 #6E52D0 #9682DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#4E31B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E31B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31B4

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31B4	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C556F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.194 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ccc',
    500: '#4e31b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31b4;
$custom-light: #8b6ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.282,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43495,
    "c": 0.19353,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31B4

secondary

#B6C67B

accent

#E047BF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31B4

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

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