#4E35B6#4E35B6

#4E35B6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.192 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35B6
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 182)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 45.40, -64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 78.88, 305.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.0471 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.192 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8559, 7.5425, 45.0253)
Luminance	0.0754 (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

#4E35B6 #9DB635

analogous

#355CB6 #4E35B6 #8E35B6

triadic

#4E35B6 #B64E35 #35B64E

tetradic

#4E35B6 #B6355C #9DB635 #35B68E

square

#4E35B6 #B6355C #9DB635 #35B68E

split-complementary

#4E35B6 #B68E35 #5CB635

monochromatic

#251957 #3A2787 #4E35B6 #7059CF #9989DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#4E35B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E35B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35B6

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35B6	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#185772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.192 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fcd',
    500: '#4e35b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35b6;
$custom-light: #8b6fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.628,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44228,
    "c": 0.19155,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35B6

secondary

#B9C780

accent

#DE4AC1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35B6

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

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