#4E35BA#4E35BA

#4E35BA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.196 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35BA
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 186)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 46.61, -66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 81.03, 305.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.0464 -0.1909)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.196 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2752, 7.7102, 47.2335)
Luminance	0.0771 (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

#4E35BA #A1BA35

analogous

#355FBA #4E35BA #9135BA

triadic

#4E35BA #BA4E35 #35BA4E

tetradic

#4E35BA #BA355F #A1BA35 #35BA91

square

#4E35BA #BA355F #A1BA35 #35BA91

split-complementary

#4E35BA #BA9135 #5FBA35

monochromatic

#261A5B #3A278A #4E35BA #725CD0 #9B8BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#4E35BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E35BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35BA

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35BA	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#105974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.196 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fd0',
    500: '#4e35ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35ba;
$custom-light: #8b6fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.278,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44595,
    "c": 0.19641,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35BA

secondary

#BBC882

accent

#DF49C3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35BA

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

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