#4E35AC#4E35AC

#4E35AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.179 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35AC
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 172)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 42.38, -59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 73.45, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.0489 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.179 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8591, 7.1438, 39.7757)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.66

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35AC #93AC35

analogous

#3558AC #4E35AC #8A35AC

triadic

#4E35AC #AC4E35 #35AC4E

tetradic

#4E35AC #AC3558 #93AC35 #35AC8A

square

#4E35AC #AC3558 #93AC35 #35AC8A

split-complementary

#4E35AC #AC8A35 #58AC35

monochromatic

#24184E #39277D #4E35AC #6D54CA #9583D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#4E35AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E35AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35AC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35AC	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.179 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ec6',
    500: '#4e35ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35ac;
$custom-light: #896ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.605,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43329,
    "c": 0.17923,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35AC

secondary

#B3C27B

accent

#DC4CBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35AC

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

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