#4C36BE#4C36BE

#4C36BE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.200 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C36BE
RGB	rgb(76, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 47.00, -68.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 82.67, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(44.94% 0.042 -0.196)
OKLCH	oklch(44.94% 0.2 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5910, 7.8916, 49.5123)
Luminance	0.0789 (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

#4C36BE #A8BE36

analogous

#3664BE #4C36BE #9036BE

triadic

#4C36BE #BE4C36 #36BE4C

tetradic

#4C36BE #BE3664 #A8BE36 #36BE90

square

#4C36BE #BE3664 #A8BE36 #36BE90

split-complementary

#4C36BE #BE9036 #64BE36

monochromatic

#261B5F #39288E #4C36BE #7260D2 #9C8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#4C36BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4C36BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C36BE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C36BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C36BE	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c36be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.200 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fd3',
    500: '#4c36be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c36be;
$custom-light: #8b6fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c36be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.706,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44937,
    "c": 0.20046,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C36BE

secondary

#BFCA86

accent

#DF49C7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C36BE

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

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