#4E35B4#4E35B4

#4E35B4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.189 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35B4
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 180)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 70.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 44.80, -63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 77.80, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.0475 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.189 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6507, 7.4604, 43.9446)
Luminance	0.0746 (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

#4E35B4 #9BB435

analogous

#355BB4 #4E35B4 #8D35B4

triadic

#4E35B4 #B44E35 #35B44E

tetradic

#4E35B4 #B4355B #9BB435 #35B48D

square

#4E35B4 #B4355B #9BB435 #35B48D

split-complementary

#4E35B4 #B48D35 #5BB435

monochromatic

#251955 #3A2785 #4E35B4 #6F58CE #9888DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#4E35B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E35B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35B4

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35B4	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C5771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.189 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fcc',
    500: '#4e35b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35b4;
$custom-light: #8a6fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.811,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44046,
    "c": 0.18911,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35B4

secondary

#B8C67F

accent

#DE4AC1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35B4

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

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