#4E35B1#4E35B1

#4E35B1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.185 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35B1
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 177)
HSL	hsl(252, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 70.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.57, 43.89, -62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.57, 76.17, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.0481 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.185 285)
XYZ	xyz(12.3484, 7.3395, 42.3524)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.45

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35B1 #98B135

analogous

#355AB1 #4E35B1 #8C35B1

triadic

#4E35B1 #B14E35 #35B14E

tetradic

#4E35B1 #B1355A #98B135 #35B18C

square

#4E35B1 #B1355A #98B135 #35B18C

split-complementary

#4E35B1 #B18C35 #5AB135

monochromatic

#241953 #392782 #4E35B1 #6E57CD #9786DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#4E35B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E35B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35B1

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35B1	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20566F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.185 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ec9',
    500: '#4e35b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35b1;
$custom-light: #8a6ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.097,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43775,
    "c": 0.18543,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.0734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35B1

secondary

#B6C47D

accent

#DD4BC0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35B1

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

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