#4E35A7#4E35A7

#4E35A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.173 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35A7
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 167)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 40.87, -57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 70.69, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.0498 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.173 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3880, 6.9553, 37.2942)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.99

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35A7 #8EA735

analogous

#3555A7 #4E35A7 #8735A7

triadic

#4E35A7 #A74E35 #35A74E

tetradic

#4E35A7 #A73555 #8EA735 #35A787

square

#4E35A7 #A73555 #8EA735 #35A787

split-complementary

#4E35A7 #A78735 #55A735

monochromatic

#23184A #382679 #4E35A7 #6B51C8 #9380D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#4E35A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E35A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35A7

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35A7	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.173 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ec2',
    500: '#4e35a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35a7;
$custom-light: #886ec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.158,
    "s": 51.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42891,
    "c": 0.17298,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35A7

secondary

#B0C078

accent

#DB4DBC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35A7

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

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