#4E31BC#4E31BC

#4E31BC is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.203 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31BC
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 188)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 49.32, -68.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 84.32, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.049 -0.197)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.203 284)
XYZ	xyz(13.3145, 7.4463, 48.3029)
Luminance	0.0745 (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

#4E31BC #9FBC31

analogous

#315ABC #4E31BC #9431BC

triadic

#4E31BC #BC4E31 #31BC4E

tetradic

#4E31BC #BC315A #9FBC31 #31BC94

square

#4E31BC #BC315A #9FBC31 #31BC94

split-complementary

#4E31BC #BC9431 #5ABC31

monochromatic

#26185B #3A248B #4E31BC #7157D3 #9A88E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4E31BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E31BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31BC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31BC	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B5874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.203 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6cd1',
    500: '#4e31bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31bc;
$custom-light: #8c6cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.518,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44248,
    "c": 0.20303,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.07447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31BC

secondary

#BACA7F

accent

#E246C1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31BC

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

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