#4E35A3#4E35A3

#4E35A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.168 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35A3
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 163)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 67.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 39.66, -55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 68.48, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.0503 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.168 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0239, 6.8097, 35.3768)
Luminance	0.0681 (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

#4E35A3 #8AA335

analogous

#3553A3 #4E35A3 #8535A3

triadic

#4E35A3 #A34E35 #35A34E

tetradic

#4E35A3 #A33553 #8AA335 #35A385

square

#4E35A3 #A33553 #8AA335 #35A385

split-complementary

#4E35A3 #A38535 #53A335

monochromatic

#221747 #382675 #4E35A3 #6A4FC6 #917ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4E35A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E35A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35A3

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35A3	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.168 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ebf',
    500: '#4e35a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35a3;
$custom-light: #886ebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42545,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35A3

secondary

#AEBE76

accent

#DA4DBA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35A3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →