#4E31C9#4E31C9

#4E31C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.218 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E31C9
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 201)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(251, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.05, 53.14, -73.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.05, 91.07, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(45.5% 0.0458 -0.2133)
OKLCH	oklch(45.5% 0.218 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7795, 8.0323, 56.0186)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.04

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E31C9 #ACC931

analogous

#3160C9 #4E31C9 #9A31C9

triadic

#4E31C9 #C94E31 #31C94E

tetradic

#4E31C9 #C93160 #ACC931 #31C99A

square

#4E31C9 #C93160 #ACC931 #31C99A

split-complementary

#4E31C9 #C99A31 #60C931

monochromatic

#281967 #3B2598 #4E31C9 #765FD8 #A090E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#4E31C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E31C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E31C9

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E31C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E31C9	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e31c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.218 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ddb',
    500: '#4e31c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e31c9;
$custom-light: #8e6ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e31c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.447,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45503,
    "c": 0.21817,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E31C9

secondary

#C1CF87

accent

#E444C5

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E31C9

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

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