#4E35B7#4E35B7

#4E35B7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.193 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35B7
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 183)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 71%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 45.71, -64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 79.42, 305.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.047 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.193 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9596, 7.5840, 45.5715)
Luminance	0.0759 (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

#4E35B7 #9EB735

analogous

#355DB7 #4E35B7 #8F35B7

triadic

#4E35B7 #B74E35 #35B74E

tetradic

#4E35B7 #B7355D #9EB735 #35B78F

square

#4E35B7 #B7355D #9EB735 #35B78F

split-complementary

#4E35B7 #B78F35 #5DB735

monochromatic

#261A58 #3A2788 #4E35B7 #715ACF #9A89DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#4E35B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E35B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35B7

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35B7	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.193 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fce',
    500: '#4e35b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35b7;
$custom-light: #8b6fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4432,
    "c": 0.19277,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35B7

secondary

#BAC781

accent

#DE49C2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35B7

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

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