#4C35A8#4C35A8

#4C35A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.174 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C35A8
RGB	rgb(76, 53, 168)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 68.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 40.83, -58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 71.31, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.0468 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.174 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3194, 6.9092, 37.7754)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.89

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C35A8 #91A835

analogous

#3557A8 #4C35A8 #8535A8

triadic

#4C35A8 #A84C35 #35A84C

tetradic

#4C35A8 #A83557 #91A835 #35A885

square

#4C35A8 #A83557 #91A835 #35A885

split-complementary

#4C35A8 #A88535 #57A835

monochromatic

#22184B #372679 #4C35A8 #6A52C8 #9280D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4C35A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4C35A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C35A8

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C35A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C35A8	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)

#004DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c35a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 53, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.174 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ec3',
    500: '#4c35a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c35a8;
$custom-light: #876ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c35a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42795,
    "c": 0.17441,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C35A8

secondary

#B2C078

accent

#DB4CBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C35A8

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

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