#4E36AA#4E36AA

#4E36AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.176 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36AA
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, 41.21, -58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 71.74, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.0483 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.176 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.7146, 7.1597, 38.7871)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.55

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36AA #92AA36

analogous

#3658AA #4E36AA #8836AA

triadic

#4E36AA #AA4E36 #36AA4E

tetradic

#4E36AA #AA3658 #92AA36 #36AA88

square

#4E36AA #AA3658 #92AA36 #36AA88

split-complementary

#4E36AA #AA8836 #58AA36

monochromatic

#23184D #39277C #4E36AA #6C54C9 #9483D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#4E36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36AA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36AA	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28546B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.176 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fc4',
    500: '#4e36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36aa;
$custom-light: #896fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43302,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.0716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36AA

secondary

#B3C17B

accent

#DB4DBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36AA

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

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