#4E36A4#4E36A4

#4E36A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.168 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36A4
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 164)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 67.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 39.38, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 68.42, 305.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.0492 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.168 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.1599, 6.9378, 35.8659)
Luminance	0.0694 (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

#4E36A4 #8CA436

analogous

#3655A4 #4E36A4 #8536A4

triadic

#4E36A4 #A44E36 #36A44E

tetradic

#4E36A4 #A43655 #8CA436 #36A485

square

#4E36A4 #A43655 #8CA436 #36A485

split-complementary

#4E36A4 #A48536 #55A436

monochromatic

#221848 #382776 #4E36A4 #6B51C6 #927FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#4E36A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E36A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36A4

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36A4	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.168 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc0',
    500: '#4e36a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36a4;
$custom-light: #886fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.091,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42784,
    "c": 0.16793,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.06938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36A4

secondary

#AFBE78

accent

#DA4EBB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36A4

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

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