#4E31C5#4E31C5

#4E31C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.214 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31C5
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 197)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 75.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 51.97, -72.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 89.01, 305.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.11% 0.0468 -0.2084)
OKLCH	oklch(45.11% 0.214 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3151, 7.8466, 53.5727)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.28

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31C5 #A8C531

analogous

#315EC5 #4E31C5 #9831C5

triadic

#4E31C5 #C54E31 #31C54E

tetradic

#4E31C5 #C5315E #A8C531 #31C598

square

#4E31C5 #C5315E #A8C531 #31C598

split-complementary

#4E31C5 #C59831 #5EC531

monochromatic

#271963 #3B2594 #4E31C5 #755DD7 #9E8EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#4E31C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E31C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31C5

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31C5	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.214 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6dd8',
    500: '#4e31c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31c5;
$custom-light: #8e6dd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.757,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45113,
    "c": 0.21354,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31C5

secondary

#BFCD85

accent

#E344C4

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31C5

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

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