#4E31B8#4E31B8

#4E31B8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.198 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31B8
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 184)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.43, 48.14, -66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.43, 82.21, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.0499 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.198 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8893, 7.2762, 46.0634)
Luminance	0.0728 (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

#4E31B8 #9BB831

analogous

#3157B8 #4E31B8 #9131B8

triadic

#4E31B8 #B84E31 #31B84E

tetradic

#4E31B8 #B83157 #9BB831 #31B891

square

#4E31B8 #B83157 #9BB831 #31B891

split-complementary

#4E31B8 #B89131 #57B831

monochromatic

#251757 #3A2488 #4E31B8 #6F55D2 #9885DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#4E31B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E31B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31B8

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31B8	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#155672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.198 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6cce',
    500: '#4e31b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31b8;
$custom-light: #8b6cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.889,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43869,
    "c": 0.1983,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31B8

secondary

#B8C87D

accent

#E147C0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31B8

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

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