#4E36B9#4E36B9

#4E36B9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.194 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36B9
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 45.76, -65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 79.91, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% 0.0458 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.194 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.2153, 7.7600, 46.6910)
Luminance	0.0776 (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

#4E36B9 #A1B936

analogous

#3660B9 #4E36B9 #9036B9

triadic

#4E36B9 #B94E36 #36B94E

tetradic

#4E36B9 #B93660 #A1B936 #36B990

square

#4E36B9 #B93660 #A1B936 #36B990

split-complementary

#4E36B9 #B99036 #60B936

monochromatic

#261A5A #3A288A #4E36B9 #725DD0 #9B8CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#4E36B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E36B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36B9

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36B9	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#125974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.194 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fcf',
    500: '#4e36b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36b9;
$custom-light: #8b6fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.992,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44643,
    "c": 0.1941,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36B9

secondary

#BBC883

accent

#DE4AC3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36B9

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

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