#4E31C0#4E31C0

#4E31C0 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.208 H 283.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31C0
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 192)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 50.50, -70.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 86.42, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.63% 0.048 -0.2021)
OKLCH	oklch(44.63% 0.208 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7517, 7.6212, 50.6053)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.70

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31C0 #A3C031

analogous

#315BC0 #4E31C0 #9631C0

triadic

#4E31C0 #C04E31 #31C04E

tetradic

#4E31C0 #C0315B #A3C031 #31C096

square

#4E31C0 #C0315B #A3C031 #31C096

split-complementary

#4E31C0 #C09631 #5BC031

monochromatic

#26185E #3A258F #4E31C0 #7259D5 #9C8AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#4E31C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E31C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31C0

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31C0	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.208 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6dd4',
    500: '#4e31c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31c0;
$custom-light: #8d6dd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.168,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4463,
    "c": 0.20772,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31C0

secondary

#BCCB82

accent

#E345C3

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31C0

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

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