#4E35A2#4E35A2

#4E35A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.167 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35A2
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 162)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 39.36, -55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 67.92, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.0505 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.167 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9347, 6.7740, 34.9068)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35A2 #89A235

analogous

#3553A2 #4E35A2 #8435A2

triadic

#4E35A2 #A24E35 #35A24E

tetradic

#4E35A2 #A23553 #89A235 #35A284

square

#4E35A2 #A23553 #89A235 #35A284

split-complementary

#4E35A2 #A28435 #53A235

monochromatic

#221746 #382674 #4E35A2 #6A4FC5 #917DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#4E35A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E35A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35A2

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35A2	1.00	8.92	2.36	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.167 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ebe',
    500: '#4e35a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35a2;
$custom-light: #876ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.761,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4246,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35A2

secondary

#ADBD75

accent

#DA4EBA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35A2

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

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