#4C36AE#4C36AE

#4C36AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.181 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C36AE
RGB	rgb(76, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 42.10, -60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 74.01, 304.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.0449 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.181 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9373, 7.2301, 40.8027)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.31

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C36AE #98AE36

analogous

#365CAE #4C36AE #8836AE

triadic

#4C36AE #AE4C36 #36AE4C

tetradic

#4C36AE #AE365C #98AE36 #36AE88

square

#4C36AE #AE365C #98AE36 #36AE88

split-complementary

#4C36AE #AE8836 #5CAE36

monochromatic

#231951 #38287F #4C36AE #6C56CB #9585D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#4C36AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4C36AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C36AE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C36AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C36AE	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c36ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.181 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc7',
    500: '#4c36ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c36ae;
$custom-light: #886fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c36ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43476,
    "c": 0.18075,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C36AE

secondary

#B6C37D

accent

#DC4CC2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C36AE

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

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