#4E36B3#4E36B3

#4E36B3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.187 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36B3
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(252, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 69.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 43.94, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 76.67, 304.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.0469 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.187 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5953, 7.5120, 43.4253)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36B3 #9BB336

analogous

#365CB3 #4E36B3 #8C36B3

triadic

#4E36B3 #B34E36 #36B34E

tetradic

#4E36B3 #B3365C #9BB336 #36B38C

square

#4E36B3 #B3365C #9BB336 #36B38C

split-complementary

#4E36B3 #B38C36 #5CB336

monochromatic

#251A55 #3A2884 #4E36B3 #6F59CD #9888DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#4E36B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E36B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36B3

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36B3	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D5770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.187 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fcb',
    500: '#4e36b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36b3;
$custom-light: #8a6fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.52,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44099,
    "c": 0.18674,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36B3

secondary

#B8C580

accent

#DD4BC1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36B3

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

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