#4E36A6#4E36A6

#4E36A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.170 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36A6
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 67.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 39.99, -56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 69.53, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% 0.0489 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.17 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3419, 7.0106, 36.8246)
Luminance	0.0701 (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

#4E36A6 #8EA636

analogous

#3656A6 #4E36A6 #8636A6

triadic

#4E36A6 #A64E36 #36A64E

tetradic

#4E36A6 #A63656 #8EA636 #36A686

square

#4E36A6 #A63656 #8EA636 #36A686

split-complementary

#4E36A6 #A68636 #56A636

monochromatic

#23184A #382778 #4E36A6 #6B52C7 #9381D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#4E36A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E36A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36A6

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36A6	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.170 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc1',
    500: '#4e36a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36a6;
$custom-light: #886fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42955,
    "c": 0.17048,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36A6

secondary

#B0BF79

accent

#DA4DBC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36A6

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

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