#4E36B2#4E36B2

#4E36B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.185 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36B2
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(252, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 43.64, -62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 76.13, 304.98°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.047 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.186 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4945, 7.4717, 42.8946)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.18

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36B2 #9AB236

analogous

#365CB2 #4E36B2 #8C36B2

triadic

#4E36B2 #B24E36 #36B24E

tetradic

#4E36B2 #B2365C #9AB236 #36B28C

square

#4E36B2 #B2365C #9AB236 #36B28C

split-complementary

#4E36B2 #B28C36 #5CB236

monochromatic

#251A54 #392883 #4E36B2 #6F59CD #9888DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#4E36B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E36B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36B2

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36B2	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E5670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.185 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fca',
    500: '#4e36b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36b2;
$custom-light: #8a6fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.613,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44009,
    "c": 0.1855,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36B2

secondary

#B7C57F

accent

#DD4BC1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36B2

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

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