#4A36BD#4A36BD

#4A36BD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.200 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A36BD
RGB	rgb(74, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 46.41, -67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 82.21, 304.37°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% 0.0394 -0.1956)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.2 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.3256, 7.7674, 48.9313)
Luminance	0.0777 (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

#4A36BD #A9BD36

analogous

#3665BD #4A36BD #8E36BD

triadic

#4A36BD #BD4A36 #36BD4A

tetradic

#4A36BD #BD3665 #A9BD36 #36BD8E

square

#4A36BD #BD3665 #A9BD36 #36BD8E

split-complementary

#4A36BD #BD8E36 #65BD36

monochromatic

#251B5E #37288D #4A36BD #705FD1 #9A8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#4A36BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4A36BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A36BD

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A36BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A36BD	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a36bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.200 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fd2',
    500: '#4a36bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a36bd;
$custom-light: #8a6fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a36bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44679,
    "c": 0.19955,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A36BD

secondary

#BFC985

accent

#DF49C9

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A36BD

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

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