#4E36AF#4E36AF

#4E36AF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.182 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36AF
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 175)
HSL	hsl(252, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 69.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 42.73, -61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 74.49, 305.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.0476 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.182 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1966, 7.3525, 41.3256)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.28

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36AF #97AF36

analogous

#365AAF #4E36AF #8B36AF

triadic

#4E36AF #AF4E36 #36AF4E

tetradic

#4E36AF #AF365A #97AF36 #36AF8B

square

#4E36AF #AF365A #97AF36 #36AF8B

split-complementary

#4E36AF #AF8B36 #5AAF36

monochromatic

#241951 #392880 #4E36AF #6E57CB #9686DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#4E36AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E36AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36AF

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36AF	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.182 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fc8',
    500: '#4e36af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36af;
$custom-light: #896fc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.901,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43742,
    "c": 0.18178,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36AF

secondary

#B6C37D

accent

#DC4CC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36AF

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

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