#4E36A5#4E36A5

#4E36A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.169 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36A5
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, 39.69, -56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 68.97, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.0491 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.169 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2506, 6.9741, 36.3433)
Luminance	0.0698 (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

#4E36A5 #8DA536

analogous

#3655A5 #4E36A5 #8536A5

triadic

#4E36A5 #A54E36 #36A54E

tetradic

#4E36A5 #A53655 #8DA536 #36A585

square

#4E36A5 #A53655 #8DA536 #36A585

split-complementary

#4E36A5 #A58536 #55A536

monochromatic

#221849 #382777 #4E36A5 #6B52C6 #9280D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#4E36A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E36A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36A5

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36A5	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C5269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.169 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc1',
    500: '#4e36a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36a5;
$custom-light: #886fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.973,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42869,
    "c": 0.1692,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36A5

secondary

#AFBF78

accent

#DA4EBC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36A5

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

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