#4E36B4#4E36B4

#4E36B4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.188 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36B4
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 44.25, -63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 77.21, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.19% 0.0467 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(44.19% 0.188 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6968, 7.5526, 43.9599)
Luminance	0.0755 (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

#4E36B4 #9CB436

analogous

#365DB4 #4E36B4 #8D36B4

triadic

#4E36B4 #B44E36 #36B44E

tetradic

#4E36B4 #B4365D #9CB436 #36B48D

square

#4E36B4 #B4365D #9CB436 #36B48D

split-complementary

#4E36B4 #B48D36 #5DB436

monochromatic

#251A56 #3A2885 #4E36B4 #705ACD #9989DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#4E36B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E36B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36B4

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36B4	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B5771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.188 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fcb',
    500: '#4e36b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36b4;
$custom-light: #8a6fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44189,
    "c": 0.18797,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36B4

secondary

#B8C680

accent

#DD4BC1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36B4

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

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