#4E35BD#4E35BD

#4E35BD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.200 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35BD
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 189)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 72%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 47.51, -67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 82.62, 305.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.87% 0.0458 -0.1947)
OKLCH	oklch(44.87% 0.2 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5975, 7.8391, 48.9308)
Luminance	0.0784 (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

#4E35BD #A4BD35

analogous

#3560BD #4E35BD #9235BD

triadic

#4E35BD #BD4E35 #35BD4E

tetradic

#4E35BD #BD3560 #A4BD35 #35BD92

square

#4E35BD #BD3560 #A4BD35 #35BD92

split-complementary

#4E35BD #BD9235 #60BD35

monochromatic

#271A5D #3A288D #4E35BD #735DD2 #9C8DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#4E35BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E35BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35BD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35BD	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#065A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.200 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6fd2',
    500: '#4e35bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35bd;
$custom-light: #8c6fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44873,
    "c": 0.20003,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35BD

secondary

#BDCA84

accent

#DF48C4

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35BD

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

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