#4E35AF#4E35AF

#4E35AF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.183 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35AF
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 175)
HSL	hsl(252, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 43.29, -61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 75.09, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.0484 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.183 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1505, 7.2604, 41.3103)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.52

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35AF #96AF35

analogous

#3559AF #4E35AF #8B35AF

triadic

#4E35AF #AF4E35 #35AF4E

tetradic

#4E35AF #AF3559 #96AF35 #35AF8B

square

#4E35AF #AF3559 #96AF35 #35AF8B

split-complementary

#4E35AF #AF8B35 #59AF35

monochromatic

#241951 #392780 #4E35AF #6E56CC #9685DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4E35AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E35AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35AF

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35AF	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.183 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ec8',
    500: '#4e35af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35af;
$custom-light: #8a6ec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.295,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43596,
    "c": 0.18296,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35AF

secondary

#B5C47C

accent

#DD4BBF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35AF

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