#4E35BE#4E35BE

#4E35BE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.201 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E35BE
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 72.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 47.81, -68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 83.16, 305.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.97% 0.0455 -0.196)
OKLCH	oklch(44.97% 0.201 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7064, 7.8827, 49.5045)
Luminance	0.0788 (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

#4E35BE #A5BE35

analogous

#3560BE #4E35BE #9335BE

triadic

#4E35BE #BE4E35 #35BE4E

tetradic

#4E35BE #BE3560 #A5BE35 #35BE93

square

#4E35BE #BE3560 #A5BE35 #35BE93

split-complementary

#4E35BE #BE9335 #60BE35

monochromatic

#271A5E #3A288E #4E35BE #735ED2 #9D8EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#4E35BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E35BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E35BE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E35BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E35BE	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#035A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e35be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.201 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6fd3',
    500: '#4e35be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e35be;
$custom-light: #8c6fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e35be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.949,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44966,
    "c": 0.20123,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E35BE

secondary

#BDCA85

accent

#E048C4

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E35BE

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

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