#4E31B6#4E31B6

#4E31B6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.196 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31B6
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 182)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 73.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 47.55, -65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 81.15, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.0503 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.196 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6811, 7.1930, 44.9671)
Luminance	0.0719 (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

#4E31B6 #99B631

analogous

#3156B6 #4E31B6 #9131B6

triadic

#4E31B6 #B64E31 #31B64E

tetradic

#4E31B6 #B63156 #99B631 #31B691

square

#4E31B6 #B63156 #99B631 #31B691

split-complementary

#4E31B6 #B69131 #56B631

monochromatic

#251756 #392486 #4E31B6 #6F53D1 #9784DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#4E31B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E31B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31B6

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31B6	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#195571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.196 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ccd',
    500: '#4e31b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31b6;
$custom-light: #8b6ccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.083,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43682,
    "c": 0.19592,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31B6

secondary

#B7C77C

accent

#E147BF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31B6

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

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