#4E36A9#4E36A9

#4E36A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.174 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36A9
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 169)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 68%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 40.90, -58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 71.19, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.0485 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.174 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6203, 7.1220, 38.2908)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.62

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36A9 #91A936

analogous

#3657A9 #4E36A9 #8736A9

triadic

#4E36A9 #A94E36 #36A94E

tetradic

#4E36A9 #A93657 #91A936 #36A987

square

#4E36A9 #A93657 #91A936 #36A987

split-complementary

#4E36A9 #A98736 #57A936

monochromatic

#23184C #39277B #4E36A9 #6C54C8 #9482D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#4E36A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E36A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36A9

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36A9	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.174 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc3',
    500: '#4e36a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36a9;
$custom-light: #886fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.522,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43215,
    "c": 0.17427,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36A9

secondary

#B2C17A

accent

#DB4DBD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36A9

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

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