#4A35AA#4A35AA

#4A35AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.177 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A35AA
RGB	rgb(74, 53, 170)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 68.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 41.11, -59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 72.48, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.0436 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.177 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3506, 6.9037, 38.7568)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.76

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A35AA #95AA35

analogous

#355AAA #4A35AA #8435AA

triadic

#4A35AA #AA4A35 #35AA4A

tetradic

#4A35AA #AA355A #95AA35 #35AA84

square

#4A35AA #AA355A #95AA35 #35AA84

split-complementary

#4A35AA #AA8435 #5AAA35

monochromatic

#21184D #36267B #4A35AA #6853C9 #9182D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4A35AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4A35AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A35AA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A35AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A35AA	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a35aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 53, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.177 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ec4',
    500: '#4a35aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a35aa;
$custom-light: #866ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a35aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42794,
    "c": 0.17715,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A35AA

secondary

#B4C17A

accent

#DC4CC2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A35AA

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

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