#4D36AA#4D36AA

#4D36AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.176 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D36AA
RGB	rgb(77, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 41.04, -58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 71.78, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.0469 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.176 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6333, 7.1178, 38.7833)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.53

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D36AA #93AA36

analogous

#3659AA #4D36AA #8736AA

triadic

#4D36AA #AA4D36 #36AA4D

tetradic

#4D36AA #AA3659 #93AA36 #36AA87

square

#4D36AA #AA3659 #93AA36 #36AA87

split-complementary

#4D36AA #AA8736 #59AA36

monochromatic

#23184D #38277C #4D36AA #6B54C9 #9483D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#4D36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4D36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D36AA

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D36AA	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25546B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.176 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc4',
    500: '#4d36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d36aa;
$custom-light: #886fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.897,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43211,
    "c": 0.17562,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D36AA

secondary

#B3C17B

accent

#DB4DBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D36AA

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

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