#4E31C6#4E31C6

#4E31C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.215 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31C6
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 198)
HSL	hsl(252, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(252, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 52.26, -72.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 89.53, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% 0.0465 -0.2096)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.215 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4301, 7.8925, 54.1781)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.21

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31C6 #A9C631

analogous

#315EC6 #4E31C6 #9831C6

triadic

#4E31C6 #C64E31 #31C64E

tetradic

#4E31C6 #C6315E #A9C631 #31C698

square

#4E31C6 #C6315E #A9C631 #31C698

split-complementary

#4E31C6 #C69831 #5EC631

monochromatic

#271964 #3B2595 #4E31C6 #755DD7 #9F8EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#4E31C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E31C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31C6

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31C6	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.215 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6dd9',
    500: '#4e31c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31c6;
$custom-light: #8e6dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.678,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4521,
    "c": 0.21471,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31C6

secondary

#BFCE85

accent

#E344C4

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31C6

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

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