#4E36B5#4E36B5

#4E36B5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.189 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36B5
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 44.55, -63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 77.76, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% 0.0465 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.189 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7990, 7.5935, 44.4984)
Luminance	0.0759 (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

#4E36B5 #9DB536

analogous

#365DB5 #4E36B5 #8D36B5

triadic

#4E36B5 #B54E36 #36B54E

tetradic

#4E36B5 #B5365D #9DB536 #36B58D

square

#4E36B5 #B5365D #9DB536 #36B58D

split-complementary

#4E36B5 #B58D36 #5DB536

monochromatic

#251A57 #3A2886 #4E36B5 #705ACE #9989DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#4E36B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E36B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36B5

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36B5	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A5871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.189 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fcc',
    500: '#4e36b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36b5;
$custom-light: #8a6fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.339,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44279,
    "c": 0.1892,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36B5

secondary

#B9C681

accent

#DD4AC2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36B5

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

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