#4E36A8#4E36A8

#4E36A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.173 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36A8
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 40.60, -57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 70.64, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.0487 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.173 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5268, 7.0846, 37.7983)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.69

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36A8 #90A836

analogous

#3657A8 #4E36A8 #8736A8

triadic

#4E36A8 #A84E36 #36A84E

tetradic

#4E36A8 #A83657 #90A836 #36A887

square

#4E36A8 #A83657 #90A836 #36A887

split-complementary

#4E36A8 #A88736 #57A836

monochromatic

#23184B #38277A #4E36A8 #6C53C8 #9482D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#4E36A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E36A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36A8

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36A8	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A536A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.173 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc3',
    500: '#4e36a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36a8;
$custom-light: #886fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43128,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36A8

secondary

#B1C07A

accent

#DB4DBD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36A8

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

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