#4E31BE#4E31BE

#4E31BE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.205 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31BE
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 190)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 49.91, -69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 85.37, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% 0.0485 -0.1996)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.205 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5316, 7.5332, 49.4462)
Luminance	0.0753 (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

#4E31BE #A1BE31

analogous

#315BBE #4E31BE #9431BE

triadic

#4E31BE #BE4E31 #31BE4E

tetradic

#4E31BE #BE315B #A1BE31 #31BE94

square

#4E31BE #BE315B #A1BE31 #31BE94

split-complementary

#4E31BE #BE9431 #5BBE31

monochromatic

#26185D #3A248D #4E31BE #7258D4 #9B89E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#4E31BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E31BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31BE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31BE	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#045875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.205 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6dd3',
    500: '#4e31be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31be;
$custom-light: #8c6dd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.34,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44438,
    "c": 0.20538,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31BE

secondary

#BBCA80

accent

#E246C2

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31BE

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

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