#4E36AE#4E36AE

#4E36AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.181 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36AE
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(252, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 42.42, -60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 73.94, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.0477 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.181 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0987, 7.3133, 40.8103)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.32

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36AE #96AE36

analogous

#365AAE #4E36AE #8A36AE

triadic

#4E36AE #AE4E36 #36AE4E

tetradic

#4E36AE #AE365A #96AE36 #36AE8A

square

#4E36AE #AE365A #96AE36 #36AE8A

split-complementary

#4E36AE #AE8A36 #5AAE36

monochromatic

#241951 #39287F #4E36AE #6E56CB #9685D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#4E36AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E36AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36AE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36AE	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.181 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fc7',
    500: '#4e36ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36ae;
$custom-light: #896fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43653,
    "c": 0.18054,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36AE

secondary

#B5C37D

accent

#DC4CBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36AE

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

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