#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
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 198)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.67, 49.69, -71.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.67, 86.82, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.85% 0.0431 -0.2053)
OKLCH	oklch(45.85% 0.21 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6509, 8.3342, 54.2518)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

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
##4E36C6	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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