#4836A6#4836A6

#4836A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.171 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4836A6
RGB	rgb(72, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(250, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(250, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 38.95, -57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 69.71, 303.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.0405 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.171 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8725, 6.7686, 36.8025)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4836A6 #94A636

analogous

#365CA6 #4836A6 #8036A6

triadic

#4836A6 #A64836 #36A648

tetradic

#4836A6 #A6365C #94A636 #36A680

square

#4836A6 #A6365C #94A636 #36A680

split-complementary

#4836A6 #A68036 #5CA636

monochromatic

#20184A #342778 #4836A6 #6552C7 #8E81D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#4836A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4836A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4836A6

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4836A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4836A6	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A5369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4836a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.171 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ec1',
    500: '#4836a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4836a6;
$custom-light: #856ec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4836a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.643,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42418,
    "c": 0.17109,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4836A6

secondary

#B4BF79

accent

#DA4DC4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4836A6

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

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