#4E36BD#4E36BD

#4E36BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.199 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36BD
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.84, 46.97, -67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.84, 82.05, 304.92°)
OKLab	oklab(45.01% 0.045 -0.1938)
OKLCH	oklch(45.01% 0.199 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6435, 7.9313, 48.9462)
Luminance	0.0793 (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

#4E36BD #A5BD36

analogous

#3661BD #4E36BD #9236BD

triadic

#4E36BD #BD4E36 #36BD4E

tetradic

#4E36BD #BD3661 #A5BD36 #36BD92

square

#4E36BD #BD3661 #A5BD36 #36BD92

split-complementary

#4E36BD #BD9236 #61BD36

monochromatic

#271B5E #3A288D #4E36BD #735FD1 #9D8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#4E36BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4E36BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36BD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36BD	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#065B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.199 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6fd2',
    500: '#4e36bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36bd;
$custom-light: #8c6fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45011,
    "c": 0.19895,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36BD

secondary

#BDC985

accent

#DF49C4

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36BD

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

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