#4E31C4#4E31C4

#4E31C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.212 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31C4
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 196)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 75%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.56, 51.67, -71.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.56, 88.50, 305.73°)
OKLab	oklab(45.02% 0.047 -0.2071)
OKLCH	oklch(45.02% 0.212 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2009, 7.8009, 52.9712)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.36

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31C4 #A7C431

analogous

#315DC4 #4E31C4 #9731C4

triadic

#4E31C4 #C44E31 #31C44E

tetradic

#4E31C4 #C4315D #A7C431 #31C497

square

#4E31C4 #C4315D #A7C431 #31C497

split-complementary

#4E31C4 #C49731 #5DC431

monochromatic

#271962 #3B2593 #4E31C4 #745CD6 #9E8DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#4E31C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E31C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31C4

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31C4	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.212 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6dd7',
    500: '#4e31c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31c4;
$custom-light: #8d6dd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.837,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45016,
    "c": 0.21239,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31C4

secondary

#BECD84

accent

#E345C4

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31C4

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