#4C36BD#4C36BD

#4C36BD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.199 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C36BD
RGB	rgb(76, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 46.69, -67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 82.13, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.0422 -0.1947)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.199 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4821, 7.8480, 48.9386)
Luminance	0.0785 (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

#4C36BD #A7BD36

analogous

#3663BD #4C36BD #9036BD

triadic

#4C36BD #BD4C36 #36BD4C

tetradic

#4C36BD #BD3663 #A7BD36 #36BD90

square

#4C36BD #BD3663 #A7BD36 #36BD90

split-complementary

#4C36BD #BD9036 #63BD36

monochromatic

#261B5E #39288D #4C36BD #725FD1 #9C8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#4C36BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4C36BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C36BD

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C36BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C36BD	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c36bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.199 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fd2',
    500: '#4c36bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c36bd;
$custom-light: #8b6fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c36bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44843,
    "c": 0.19924,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C36BD

secondary

#BEC985

accent

#DF49C6

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C36BD

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

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