#4E35B3#4E35B3

#4E35B3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.188 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35B3
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 179)
HSL	hsl(252, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, 44.50, -63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 77.26, 305.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% 0.0477 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.188 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5492, 7.4198, 43.4100)
Luminance	0.0742 (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

#4E35B3 #9AB335

analogous

#355BB3 #4E35B3 #8D35B3

triadic

#4E35B3 #B34E35 #35B34E

tetradic

#4E35B3 #B3355B #9AB335 #35B38D

square

#4E35B3 #B3355B #9AB335 #35B38D

split-complementary

#4E35B3 #B38D35 #5BB335

monochromatic

#251955 #392784 #4E35B3 #6F58CD #9887DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#4E35B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E35B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35B3

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35B3	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D5670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.188 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ecb',
    500: '#4e35b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35b3;
$custom-light: #8a6ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.905,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43956,
    "c": 0.18789,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35B3

secondary

#B7C57F

accent

#DE4AC0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35B3

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

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