#4E36A7#4E36A7

#4E36A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.172 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36A7
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 167)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 40.30, -57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 70.08, 305.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.0488 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.172 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4340, 7.0475, 37.3095)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.77

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36A7 #8FA736

analogous

#3657A7 #4E36A7 #8636A7

triadic

#4E36A7 #A74E36 #36A74E

tetradic

#4E36A7 #A73657 #8FA736 #36A786

square

#4E36A7 #A73657 #8FA736 #36A786

split-complementary

#4E36A7 #A78636 #57A736

monochromatic

#23184B #382779 #4E36A7 #6C53C7 #9381D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4E36A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E36A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36A7

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36A7	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.172 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc2',
    500: '#4e36a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36a7;
$custom-light: #886fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.743,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43042,
    "c": 0.17174,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36A7

secondary

#B1C079

accent

#DB4DBD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36A7

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

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