#4E35A8#4E35A8

#4E35A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.174 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35A8
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 168)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 68.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 41.17, -58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 71.25, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.0496 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.174 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4808, 6.9925, 37.7829)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.91

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35A8 #8FA835

analogous

#3556A8 #4E35A8 #8735A8

triadic

#4E35A8 #A84E35 #35A84E

tetradic

#4E35A8 #A83556 #8FA835 #35A887

square

#4E35A8 #A83556 #8FA835 #35A887

split-complementary

#4E35A8 #A88735 #56A835

monochromatic

#23184B #382679 #4E35A8 #6C52C8 #9380D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E35A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E35A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35A8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35A8	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.174 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ec3',
    500: '#4e35a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35a8;
$custom-light: #886ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42978,
    "c": 0.17424,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35A8

secondary

#B1C078

accent

#DB4CBC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35A8

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

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