#4E35A5#4E35A5

#4E35A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.170 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35A5
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 67.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 40.26, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 69.59, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.0501 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.17 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2045, 6.8820, 36.3280)
Luminance	0.0688 (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

#4E35A5 #8CA535

analogous

#3554A5 #4E35A5 #8635A5

triadic

#4E35A5 #A54E35 #35A54E

tetradic

#4E35A5 #A53554 #8CA535 #35A586

square

#4E35A5 #A53554 #8CA535 #35A586

split-complementary

#4E35A5 #A58635 #54A535

monochromatic

#221748 #382677 #4E35A5 #6B50C7 #927FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4E35A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E35A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35A5

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35A5	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.170 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ec1',
    500: '#4e35a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35a5;
$custom-light: #886ec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.393,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42717,
    "c": 0.17045,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35A5

secondary

#AFBF77

accent

#DB4DBB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35A5

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

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