#4E36A0#4E36A0

#4E36A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.163 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36A0
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 160)
HSL	hsl(254, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 66.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 38.17, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 66.18, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.0497 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.163 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8044, 6.7956, 33.9933)
Luminance	0.0680 (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

#4E36A0 #88A036

analogous

#3653A0 #4E36A0 #8336A0

triadic

#4E36A0 #A04E36 #36A04E

tetradic

#4E36A0 #A03653 #88A036 #36A083

square

#4E36A0 #A03653 #88A036 #36A083

split-complementary

#4E36A0 #A08336 #53A036

monochromatic

#211744 #382772 #4E36A0 #6A4FC4 #917DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E36A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E36A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36A0

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36A0	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.163 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ebd',
    500: '#4e36a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36a0;
$custom-light: #876ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42445,
    "c": 0.16281,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36A0

secondary

#ACBC75

accent

#D94FBA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36A0

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

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