#4C36AC#4C36AC

#4C36AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.178 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C36AC
RGB	rgb(76, 54, 172)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 41.48, -59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 72.91, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.0452 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.178 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7438, 7.1527, 39.7835)
Luminance	0.0715 (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

#4C36AC #96AC36

analogous

#365BAC #4C36AC #8736AC

triadic

#4C36AC #AC4C36 #36AC4C

tetradic

#4C36AC #AC365B #96AC36 #36AC87

square

#4C36AC #AC365B #96AC36 #36AC87

split-complementary

#4C36AC #AC8736 #5BAC36

monochromatic

#23194F #37277D #4C36AC #6B55CA #9484D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#4C36AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4C36AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C36AC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C36AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C36AC	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)

#004FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c36ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 54, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.178 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc6',
    500: '#4c36ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c36ac;
$custom-light: #886fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c36ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43298,
    "c": 0.17824,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C36AC

secondary

#B5C27C

accent

#DC4CC1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C36AC

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

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