#4E35A9#4E35A9

#4E35A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.175 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35A9
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 169)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 41.47, -58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 71.80, 305.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.07% 0.0494 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(43.07% 0.175 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5743, 7.0299, 38.2754)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.84

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35A9 #90A935

analogous

#3556A9 #4E35A9 #8835A9

triadic

#4E35A9 #A94E35 #35A94E

tetradic

#4E35A9 #A93556 #90A935 #35A988

square

#4E35A9 #A93556 #90A935 #35A988

split-complementary

#4E35A9 #A98835 #56A935

monochromatic

#23184C #38267A #4E35A9 #6C52C9 #9481D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#4E35A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E35A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35A9

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35A9	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29536A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.175 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ec4',
    500: '#4e35a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35a9;
$custom-light: #896ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.931,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43065,
    "c": 0.17549,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35A9

secondary

#B1C179

accent

#DC4CBD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35A9

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

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