#4E36B6#4E36B6

#4E36B6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.190 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36B6
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 70.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 44.85, -64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 78.30, 304.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% 0.0463 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.19 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9020, 7.6346, 45.0407)
Luminance	0.0764 (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

#4E36B6 #9EB636

analogous

#365EB6 #4E36B6 #8E36B6

triadic

#4E36B6 #B64E36 #36B64E

tetradic

#4E36B6 #B6365E #9EB636 #36B68E

square

#4E36B6 #B6365E #9EB636 #36B68E

split-complementary

#4E36B6 #B68E36 #5EB636

monochromatic

#261A58 #3A2887 #4E36B6 #715BCE #9A8ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#4E36B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E36B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36B6

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36B6	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#185872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.190 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fcd',
    500: '#4e36b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36b6;
$custom-light: #8b6fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4437,
    "c": 0.19043,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36B6

secondary

#BAC681

accent

#DE4AC2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36B6

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

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