#4E36C5#4E36C5

#4E36C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.209 H 282.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36C5
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, 49.39, -70.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 86.29, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.76% 0.0433 -0.204)
OKLCH	oklch(45.76% 0.209 282)
XYZ	xyz(14.5359, 8.2882, 53.6463)
Luminance	0.0829 (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

#4E36C5 #ADC536

analogous

#3666C5 #4E36C5 #9636C5

triadic

#4E36C5 #C54E36 #36C54E

tetradic

#4E36C5 #C53666 #ADC536 #36C596

square

#4E36C5 #C53666 #ADC536 #36C596

split-complementary

#4E36C5 #C59636 #66C536

monochromatic

#281C65 #3B2995 #4E36C5 #7764D4 #A194E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#4E36C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4E36C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36C5

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36C5	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.209 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70d8',
    500: '#4e36c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36c5;
$custom-light: #8d70d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.07,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45758,
    "c": 0.20855,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.08289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36C5

secondary

#C2CD8A

accent

#E048C7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36C5

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

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