#4E35AB#4E35AB

#4E35AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.178 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35AB
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 171)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 69%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.05, 42.08, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.05, 72.90, 305.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.0491 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.178 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.7635, 7.1055, 39.2718)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.71

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35AB #92AB35

analogous

#3557AB #4E35AB #8935AB

triadic

#4E35AB #AB4E35 #35AB4E

tetradic

#4E35AB #AB3557 #92AB35 #35AB89

square

#4E35AB #AB3557 #92AB35 #35AB89

split-complementary

#4E35AB #AB8935 #57AB35

monochromatic

#23184E #39277C #4E35AB #6C53CA #9482D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#4E35AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E35AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35AB

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35AB	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.178 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ec5',
    500: '#4e35ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35ab;
$custom-light: #896ec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.712,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43241,
    "c": 0.17799,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.07106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35AB

secondary

#B3C27A

accent

#DC4CBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35AB

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

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