#4E36C6#4E36C6

#4E36C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.210 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4E36C6
RGBrgb(78, 54, 198)
HSLhsl(250, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(250, 73%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(60.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(34.67, 49.69, -71.19)
CIE-LCHlch(34.67, 86.82, 304.91°)
OKLaboklab(45.85% 0.0431 -0.2053)
OKLCHoklch(45.85% 0.21 281.9)
XYZxyz(14.6509, 8.3342, 54.2518)
Luminance0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4E36C6 #AEC636
analogous
#3666C6 #4E36C6 #9636C6
triadic
#4E36C6 #C64E36 #36C64E
tetradic
#4E36C6 #C63666 #AEC636 #36C696
square
#4E36C6 #C63666 #AEC636 #36C696
split-complementary
#4E36C6 #C69636 #66C636
monochromatic
#281C66 #3B2996 #4E36C6 #7764D5 #A194E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87
#4E36C6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67
#4E36C6 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36C6
7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4E36C6#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4E36C61.007.872.677.87
#FFFFFF7.871.0021.001.00
#0000002.6721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.871.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0056CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004CC3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005E7B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4e36c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.210 281.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70d9',
    500: '#4e36c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4e36c6;
$custom-light: #8d70d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4e36c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45853,
    "c": 0.20974,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4E36C6
secondary
#C2CD8B
accent
#E047C7
background
#F9F6FD
surface
#F2ECFB
border
#CCC7D4
text
#0E0815
muted
#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36C6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#4E36C6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva