#4E35B5#4E35B5

#4E35B5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.190 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35B5
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 181)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 45.10, -64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 78.34, 305.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% 0.0473 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.19 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7529, 7.5013, 44.4830)
Luminance	0.0750 (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

#4E35B5 #9CB535

analogous

#355CB5 #4E35B5 #8E35B5

triadic

#4E35B5 #B54E35 #35B54E

tetradic

#4E35B5 #B5355C #9CB535 #35B58E

square

#4E35B5 #B5355C #9CB535 #35B58E

split-complementary

#4E35B5 #B58E35 #5CB535

monochromatic

#251956 #3A2786 #4E35B5 #7059CE #9988DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#4E35B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E35B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35B5

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35B5	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A5771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.190 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fcc',
    500: '#4e35b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35b5;
$custom-light: #8a6fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.719,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44137,
    "c": 0.19033,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35B5

secondary

#B8C680

accent

#DE4AC1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35B5

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

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