#4E31BA#4E31BA

#4E31BA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.201 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31BA
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 186)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 73.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 48.73, -67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 83.27, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% 0.0494 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.201 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1004, 7.3607, 47.1753)
Luminance	0.0736 (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

#4E31BA #9DBA31

analogous

#3158BA #4E31BA #9231BA

triadic

#4E31BA #BA4E31 #31BA4E

tetradic

#4E31BA #BA3158 #9DBA31 #31BA92

square

#4E31BA #BA3158 #9DBA31 #31BA92

split-complementary

#4E31BA #BA9231 #58BA31

monochromatic

#251759 #3A248A #4E31BA #7056D2 #9986DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#4E31BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E31BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31BA

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31BA	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#115773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.201 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6cd0',
    500: '#4e31ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31ba;
$custom-light: #8c6cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.701,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44058,
    "c": 0.20066,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31BA

secondary

#B9C97E

accent

#E246C1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31BA

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

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