#4E31B9#4E31B9

#4E31B9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.199 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31B9
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 185)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 73.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.52, 48.44, -67.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.52, 82.74, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% 0.0497 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.199 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9945, 7.3183, 46.6174)
Luminance	0.0732 (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

#4E31B9 #9CB931

analogous

#3158B9 #4E31B9 #9231B9

triadic

#4E31B9 #B94E31 #31B94E

tetradic

#4E31B9 #B93158 #9CB931 #31B992

square

#4E31B9 #B93158 #9CB931 #31B992

split-complementary

#4E31B9 #B99231 #58B931

monochromatic

#251758 #3A2489 #4E31B9 #7055D2 #9986DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#4E31B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E31B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31B9

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31B9	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#135772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.199 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ccf',
    500: '#4e31b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31b9;
$custom-light: #8b6ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.794,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43964,
    "c": 0.19948,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31B9

secondary

#B8C87D

accent

#E146C0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31B9

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

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