#4E36B8#4E36B8

#4E36B8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.193 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36B8
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 70.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 45.46, -65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 79.37, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.0459 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.193 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1101, 7.7179, 46.1370)
Luminance	0.0772 (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

#4E36B8 #A0B836

analogous

#365FB8 #4E36B8 #8F36B8

triadic

#4E36B8 #B84E36 #36B84E

tetradic

#4E36B8 #B8365F #A0B836 #36B88F

square

#4E36B8 #B8365F #A0B836 #36B88F

split-complementary

#4E36B8 #B88F36 #5FB836

monochromatic

#261A59 #3A2889 #4E36B8 #715CCF #9A8BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#4E36B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E36B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36B8

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36B8	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#145973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.193 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fce',
    500: '#4e36b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36b8;
$custom-light: #8b6fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44552,
    "c": 0.19288,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36B8

secondary

#BBC782

accent

#DE4AC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36B8

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