#4E36C2#4E36C2

#4E36C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.205 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36C2
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 194)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.30, 48.48, -69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.30, 84.71, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% 0.044 -0.2002)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.205 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1956, 8.1521, 51.8539)
Luminance	0.0815 (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

#4E36C2 #AAC236

analogous

#3664C2 #4E36C2 #9436C2

triadic

#4E36C2 #C24E36 #36C24E

tetradic

#4E36C2 #C23664 #AAC236 #36C294

square

#4E36C2 #C23664 #AAC236 #36C294

split-complementary

#4E36C2 #C29436 #64C236

monochromatic

#281B62 #3B2992 #4E36C2 #7562D3 #9F92E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#4E36C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E36C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36C2

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36C2	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.205 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70d6',
    500: '#4e36c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36c2;
$custom-light: #8d70d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45476,
    "c": 0.20497,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36C2

secondary

#C0CC88

accent

#E048C6

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0D0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36C2

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

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