#4E36A3#4E36A3

#4E36A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.167 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36A3
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 163)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 66.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 39.08, -55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 67.86, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.0494 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.167 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0700, 6.9018, 35.3921)
Luminance	0.0690 (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

#4E36A3 #8BA336

analogous

#3655A3 #4E36A3 #8436A3

triadic

#4E36A3 #A34E36 #36A34E

tetradic

#4E36A3 #A33655 #8BA336 #36A384

square

#4E36A3 #A33655 #8BA336 #36A384

split-complementary

#4E36A3 #A38436 #55A336

monochromatic

#221847 #382775 #4E36A3 #6B51C5 #927FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E36A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E36A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36A3

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36A3	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E5168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.167 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fbf',
    500: '#4e36a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36a3;
$custom-light: #886fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.211,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42699,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36A3

secondary

#AEBE77

accent

#DA4EBB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36A3

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

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