#4A36B2#4A36B2

#4A36B2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.186 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A36B2
RGB	rgb(74, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(250, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 43.02, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 76.27, 304.33°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% 0.0414 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.186 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1766, 7.3077, 42.8797)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.19

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A36B2 #9EB236

analogous

#3660B2 #4A36B2 #8836B2

triadic

#4A36B2 #B24A36 #36B24A

tetradic

#4A36B2 #B23660 #9EB236 #36B288

square

#4A36B2 #B23660 #9EB236 #36B288

split-complementary

#4A36B2 #B28836 #60B236

monochromatic

#231A54 #362883 #4A36B2 #6B59CD #9588DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#4A36B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4A36B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A36B2

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A36B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A36B2	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C5770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a36b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.186 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fca',
    500: '#4a36b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a36b2;
$custom-light: #886fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a36b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.677,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43664,
    "c": 0.18601,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A36B2

secondary

#B9C57F

accent

#DD4BC5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A36B2

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

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