#4E35AA#4E35AA

#4E35AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.177 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35AA
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 170)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 68.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 41.78, -59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 72.35, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.0493 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.177 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6685, 7.0676, 38.7717)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.77

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35AA #91AA35

analogous

#3556AA #4E35AA #8835AA

triadic

#4E35AA #AA4E35 #35AA4E

tetradic

#4E35AA #AA3556 #91AA35 #35AA88

square

#4E35AA #AA3556 #91AA35 #35AA88

split-complementary

#4E35AA #AA8835 #56AA35

monochromatic

#23184D #39267B #4E35AA #6C53C9 #9482D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#4E35AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E35AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35AA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35AA	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.177 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ec4',
    500: '#4e35aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35aa;
$custom-light: #896ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.821,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43153,
    "c": 0.17674,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35AA

secondary

#B2C17A

accent

#DC4CBD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35AA

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

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