#4E35AE#4E35AE

#4E35AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.182 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35AE
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 174)
HSL	hsl(252, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 69.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, 42.99, -60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 74.54, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.0486 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.182 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0527, 7.2212, 40.7949)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35AE #95AE35

analogous

#3558AE #4E35AE #8B35AE

triadic

#4E35AE #AE4E35 #35AE4E

tetradic

#4E35AE #AE3558 #95AE35 #35AE8B

square

#4E35AE #AE3558 #95AE35 #35AE8B

split-complementary

#4E35AE #AE8B35 #58AE35

monochromatic

#241850 #39277F #4E35AE #6D55CB #9684DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#4E35AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E35AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35AE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35AE	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.182 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896ec7',
    500: '#4e35ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35ae;
$custom-light: #896ec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.397,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43507,
    "c": 0.18172,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35AE

secondary

#B4C37C

accent

#DD4BBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35AE

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

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