#4D36A8#4D36A8

#4D36A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.173 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D36A8
RGB	rgb(77, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(252, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 40.43, -57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 70.67, 304.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.0472 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.173 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4455, 7.0427, 37.7945)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.68

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D36A8 #91A836

analogous

#3658A8 #4D36A8 #8636A8

triadic

#4D36A8 #A84D36 #36A84D

tetradic

#4D36A8 #A83658 #91A836 #36A886

square

#4D36A8 #A83658 #91A836 #36A886

split-complementary

#4D36A8 #A88636 #58A836

monochromatic

#23184B #38277A #4D36A8 #6B53C8 #9382D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4D36A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4D36A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D36A8

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D36A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D36A8	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27536A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d36a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.173 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc3',
    500: '#4d36a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d36a8;
$custom-light: #886fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d36a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.105,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43037,
    "c": 0.17309,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D36A8

secondary

#B2C07A

accent

#DB4DBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D36A8

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

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