#4B36AD#4B36AD

#4B36AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.180 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B36AD
RGB	rgb(75, 54, 173)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 68.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 41.63, -60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 73.49, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.0437 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.18 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7613, 7.1506, 40.2875)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.36

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B36AD #98AD36

analogous

#365DAD #4B36AD #8736AD

triadic

#4B36AD #AD4B36 #36AD4B

tetradic

#4B36AD #AD365D #98AD36 #36AD87

square

#4B36AD #AD365D #98AD36 #36AD87

split-complementary

#4B36AD #AD8736 #5DAD36

monochromatic

#231950 #37277E #4B36AD #6A56CA #9385D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#4B36AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4B36AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B36AD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B36AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B36AD	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b36ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 54, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.180 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876fc6',
    500: '#4b36ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b36ad;
$custom-light: #876fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b36ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43299,
    "c": 0.17961,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B36AD

secondary

#B6C27C

accent

#DC4CC2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B36AD

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

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