#4B36BD#4B36BD

#4B36BD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.199 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B36BD
RGB	rgb(75, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 46.55, -67.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 82.17, 304.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% 0.0408 -0.1952)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.199 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4033, 7.8074, 48.9349)
Luminance	0.0781 (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

#4B36BD #A8BD36

analogous

#3665BD #4B36BD #8E36BD

triadic

#4B36BD #BD4B36 #36BD4B

tetradic

#4B36BD #BD3665 #A8BD36 #36BD8E

square

#4B36BD #BD3665 #A8BD36 #36BD8E

split-complementary

#4B36BD #BD8E36 #65BD36

monochromatic

#251B5E #38288D #4B36BD #715FD1 #9B8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#4B36BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4B36BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B36BD

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B36BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B36BD	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	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: #4b36bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.199 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fd2',
    500: '#4b36bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b36bd;
$custom-light: #8a6fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b36bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44761,
    "c": 0.1994,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B36BD

secondary

#BFC985

accent

#DF49C8

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B36BD

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

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