#4A36AA#4A36AA

#4A36AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.176 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A36AA
RGB	rgb(74, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(250, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(250, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 40.53, -59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 71.87, 304.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.0427 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.176 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3967, 6.9958, 38.7722)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.53

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A36AA #96AA36

analogous

#365CAA #4A36AA #8436AA

triadic

#4A36AA #AA4A36 #36AA4A

tetradic

#4A36AA #AA365C #96AA36 #36AA84

square

#4A36AA #AA365C #96AA36 #36AA84

split-complementary

#4A36AA #AA8436 #5CAA36

monochromatic

#22184D #36277C #4A36AA #6854C9 #9183D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#4A36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4A36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A36AA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A36AA	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B546B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.176 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fc4',
    500: '#4a36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a36aa;
$custom-light: #866fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42945,
    "c": 0.17595,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A36AA

secondary

#B5C17B

accent

#DB4DC3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A36AA

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

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