#4E36BA#4E36BA

#4E36BA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.195 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36BA
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 186)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 71%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, 46.07, -65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 80.45, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.74% 0.0456 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(44.74% 0.195 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3213, 7.8024, 47.2489)
Luminance	0.0780 (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

#4E36BA #A2BA36

analogous

#3660BA #4E36BA #9036BA

triadic

#4E36BA #BA4E36 #36BA4E

tetradic

#4E36BA #BA3660 #A2BA36 #36BA90

square

#4E36BA #BA3660 #A2BA36 #36BA90

split-complementary

#4E36BA #BA9036 #60BA36

monochromatic

#261A5B #3A288B #4E36BA #725DD0 #9B8DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#4E36BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E36BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36BA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36BA	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#105974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.195 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fd0',
    500: '#4e36ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36ba;
$custom-light: #8b6fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44735,
    "c": 0.19532,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36BA

secondary

#BCC884

accent

#DE49C3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36BA

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

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