#4E35A6#4E35A6

#4E35A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.172 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35A6
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 166)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 68.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 40.57, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 70.14, 305.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.0499 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.172 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2959, 6.9185, 36.8092)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.07

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35A6 #8DA635

analogous

#3555A6 #4E35A6 #8635A6

triadic

#4E35A6 #A64E35 #35A64E

tetradic

#4E35A6 #A63555 #8DA635 #35A686

square

#4E35A6 #A63555 #8DA635 #35A686

split-complementary

#4E35A6 #A68635 #55A635

monochromatic

#221749 #382678 #4E35A6 #6B51C7 #927FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4E35A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E35A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35A6

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35A6	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.172 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ec1',
    500: '#4e35a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35a6;
$custom-light: #886ec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.274,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42804,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35A6

secondary

#AFBF77

accent

#DB4DBC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35A6

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

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