#4E35A4#4E35A4

#4E35A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.169 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35A4
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 164)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 67.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 39.96, -56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 69.03, 305.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% 0.0502 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.169 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1139, 6.8457, 35.8505)
Luminance	0.0685 (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

#4E35A4 #8BA435

analogous

#3553A4 #4E35A4 #8635A4

triadic

#4E35A4 #A44E35 #35A44E

tetradic

#4E35A4 #A43553 #8BA435 #35A486

square

#4E35A4 #A43553 #8BA435 #35A486

split-complementary

#4E35A4 #A48635 #53A435

monochromatic

#221747 #382676 #4E35A4 #6B50C6 #927ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E35A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E35A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35A4

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35A4	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.169 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ec0',
    500: '#4e35a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35a4;
$custom-light: #886ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.514,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42631,
    "c": 0.16919,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35A4

secondary

#AEBE76

accent

#DB4DBB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35A4

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

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