#4E35B2#4E35B2

#4E35B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.187 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35B2
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 178)
HSL	hsl(252, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 70.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.66, 44.20, -62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.66, 76.72, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.0479 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.187 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4484, 7.3795, 42.8793)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E35B2 #99B235

analogous

#355AB2 #4E35B2 #8C35B2

triadic

#4E35B2 #B24E35 #35B24E

tetradic

#4E35B2 #B2355A #99B235 #35B28C

square

#4E35B2 #B2355A #99B235 #35B28C

split-complementary

#4E35B2 #B28C35 #5AB235

monochromatic

#251954 #392783 #4E35B2 #6F57CD #9786DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#4E35B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E35B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35B2

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35B2	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E566F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.187 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6eca',
    500: '#4e35b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35b2;
$custom-light: #8a6eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43865,
    "c": 0.18666,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35B2

secondary

#B7C57E

accent

#DD4AC0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35B2

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

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