#4E35AD#4E35AD

#4E35AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.180 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35AD
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 173)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 42.68, -60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 73.99, 305.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.0488 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.18 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9555, 7.1824, 40.2834)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.60

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35AD #94AD35

analogous

#3558AD #4E35AD #8A35AD

triadic

#4E35AD #AD4E35 #35AD4E

tetradic

#4E35AD #AD3558 #94AD35 #35AD8A

square

#4E35AD #AD3558 #94AD35 #35AD8A

split-complementary

#4E35AD #AD8A35 #58AD35

monochromatic

#24184F #39277E #4E35AD #6D54CB #9583D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#4E35AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E35AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35AD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35AD	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.180 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ec6',
    500: '#4e35ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35ad;
$custom-light: #896ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43418,
    "c": 0.18048,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35AD

secondary

#B4C37B

accent

#DD4BBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35AD

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

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