#4E36AB#4E36AB

#4E36AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.177 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36AB
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 171)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 68.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 41.51, -59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 72.30, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.0482 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.177 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8095, 7.1977, 39.2872)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.49

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36AB #93AB36

analogous

#3659AB #4E36AB #8936AB

triadic

#4E36AB #AB4E36 #36AB4E

tetradic

#4E36AB #AB3659 #93AB36 #36AB89

square

#4E36AB #AB3659 #93AB36 #36AB89

split-complementary

#4E36AB #AB8936 #59AB36

monochromatic

#24194E #39277C #4E36AB #6D55C9 #9583D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#4E36AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E36AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36AB

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36AB	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.177 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fc5',
    500: '#4e36ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36ab;
$custom-light: #896fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.308,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43389,
    "c": 0.17678,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36AB

secondary

#B3C27B

accent

#DB4CBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36AB

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

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