#4E36BE#4E36BE

#4E36BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.200 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36BE
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.93, 47.28, -67.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.93, 82.59, 304.92°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% 0.0448 -0.1951)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.2 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.7524, 7.9748, 49.5198)
Luminance	0.0798 (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

#4E36BE #A6BE36

analogous

#3662BE #4E36BE #9236BE

triadic

#4E36BE #BE4E36 #36BE4E

tetradic

#4E36BE #BE3662 #A6BE36 #36BE92

square

#4E36BE #BE3662 #A6BE36 #36BE92

split-complementary

#4E36BE #BE9236 #62BE36

monochromatic

#271B5F #3A288E #4E36BE #7460D2 #9D8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#4E36BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4E36BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36BE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36BE	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#035B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.200 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70d3',
    500: '#4e36be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36be;
$custom-light: #8c70d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45104,
    "c": 0.20016,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36BE

secondary

#BECA86

accent

#DF49C5

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36BE

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

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