#4D35A8#4D35A8

#4D35A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.174 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D35A8
RGB	rgb(77, 53, 168)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 41.00, -58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 71.28, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.0482 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.174 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.3994, 6.9505, 37.7791)
Luminance	0.0695 (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

#4D35A8 #90A835

analogous

#3556A8 #4D35A8 #8635A8

triadic

#4D35A8 #A84D35 #35A84D

tetradic

#4D35A8 #A83556 #90A835 #35A886

square

#4D35A8 #A83556 #90A835 #35A886

split-complementary

#4D35A8 #A88635 #56A835

monochromatic

#22184B #382679 #4D35A8 #6B52C8 #9280D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4D35A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4D35A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D35A8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D35A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D35A8	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d35a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 53, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.174 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ec3',
    500: '#4d35a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d35a8;
$custom-light: #886ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d35a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.522,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42886,
    "c": 0.17432,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.06951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D35A8

secondary

#B1C078

accent

#DB4CBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D35A8

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

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