#4E36AC#4E36AC

#4E36AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.178 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36AC
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 172)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 41.82, -59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 72.85, 305.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.048 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.178 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9052, 7.2359, 39.7911)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.43

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36AC #94AC36

analogous

#3659AC #4E36AC #8936AC

triadic

#4E36AC #AC4E36 #36AC4E

tetradic

#4E36AC #AC3659 #94AC36 #36AC89

square

#4E36AC #AC3659 #94AC36 #36AC89

split-complementary

#4E36AC #AC8936 #59AC36

monochromatic

#24194F #39277D #4E36AC #6D55CA #9584D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#4E36AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E36AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36AC

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36AC	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.178 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fc6',
    500: '#4e36ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36ac;
$custom-light: #896fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.203,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43477,
    "c": 0.17804,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36AC

secondary

#B4C27C

accent

#DC4CBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36AC

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

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