#4B36AC#4B36AC

#4B36AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.178 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B36AC
RGB	rgb(75, 54, 172)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 41.32, -60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 72.94, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.0438 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.178 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6649, 7.1121, 39.7798)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.41

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B36AC #97AC36

analogous

#365CAC #4B36AC #8636AC

triadic

#4B36AC #AC4B36 #36AC4B

tetradic

#4B36AC #AC365C #97AC36 #36AC86

square

#4B36AC #AC365C #97AC36 #36AC86

split-complementary

#4B36AC #AC8636 #5CAC36

monochromatic

#22194F #37277D #4B36AC #6A55CA #9384D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#4B36AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4B36AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B36AC

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B36AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B36AC	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b36ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 54, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.178 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876fc6',
    500: '#4b36ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b36ac;
$custom-light: #876fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b36ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.678,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4321,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B36AC

secondary

#B6C27C

accent

#DC4CC2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B36AC

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

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