#4E36B7#4E36B7

#4E36B7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.192 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36B7
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 183)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 45.16, -64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 78.84, 304.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.0461 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.192 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.0057, 7.6761, 45.5869)
Luminance	0.0768 (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

#4E36B7 #9FB736

analogous

#365FB7 #4E36B7 #8F36B7

triadic

#4E36B7 #B74E36 #36B74E

tetradic

#4E36B7 #B7365F #9FB736 #36B78F

square

#4E36B7 #B7365F #9FB736 #36B78F

split-complementary

#4E36B7 #B78F36 #5FB736

monochromatic

#261A58 #3A2888 #4E36B7 #715BCF #9A8BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#4E36B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E36B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36B7

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36B7	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.192 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fce',
    500: '#4e36b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36b7;
$custom-light: #8b6fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.163,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44461,
    "c": 0.19165,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36B7

secondary

#BAC782

accent

#DE4AC2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36B7

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

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