#4A35A9#4A35A9

#4A35A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.176 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A35A9
RGB	rgb(74, 53, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 40.80, -59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 71.93, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.0438 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.176 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2564, 6.8660, 38.2605)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.82

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A35A9 #94A935

analogous

#355AA9 #4A35A9 #8435A9

triadic

#4A35A9 #A94A35 #35A94A

tetradic

#4A35A9 #A9355A #94A935 #35A984

square

#4A35A9 #A9355A #94A935 #35A984

split-complementary

#4A35A9 #A98435 #5AA935

monochromatic

#21184C #36267A #4A35A9 #6852C9 #9181D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#4A35A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4A35A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A35A9

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A35A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A35A9	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D536A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a35a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 53, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.176 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ec4',
    500: '#4a35a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a35a9;
$custom-light: #866ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a35a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.862,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42705,
    "c": 0.17588,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A35A9

secondary

#B4C179

accent

#DC4CC2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A35A9

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

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