#4E31B5#4E31B5

#4E31B5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.195 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31B5
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 181)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 72.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 47.26, -65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 80.62, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.0506 -0.188)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.195 285)
XYZ	xyz(12.5782, 7.1518, 44.4247)
Luminance	0.0715 (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

#4E31B5 #98B531

analogous

#3156B5 #4E31B5 #9031B5

triadic

#4E31B5 #B54E31 #31B54E

tetradic

#4E31B5 #B53156 #98B531 #31B590

square

#4E31B5 #B53156 #98B531 #31B590

split-complementary

#4E31B5 #B59031 #56B531

monochromatic

#241755 #392485 #4E31B5 #6E53D0 #9783DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#4E31B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E31B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31B5

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31B5	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B5570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.195 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ccc',
    500: '#4e31b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31b5;
$custom-light: #8b6ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.182,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43588,
    "c": 0.19473,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.07153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31B5

secondary

#B6C77B

accent

#E147BF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31B5

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

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