#4D36A2#4D36A2

#4D36A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.165 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D36A2
RGB	rgb(77, 54, 162)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 38.59, -55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 67.33, 304.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.0481 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.165 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8994, 6.8242, 34.9183)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D36A2 #8BA236

analogous

#3655A2 #4D36A2 #8336A2

triadic

#4D36A2 #A24D36 #36A24D

tetradic

#4D36A2 #A23655 #8BA236 #36A283

square

#4D36A2 #A23655 #8BA236 #36A283

split-complementary

#4D36A2 #A28336 #55A236

monochromatic

#211746 #372774 #4D36A2 #6950C5 #917ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4D36A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4D36A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D36A2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D36A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D36A2	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D5167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d36a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 54, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.165 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ebe',
    500: '#4d36a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d36a2;
$custom-light: #876ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d36a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.778,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4252,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D36A2

secondary

#AEBD77

accent

#DA4EBC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D36A2

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

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