#4D36AC#4D36AC

#4D36AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.178 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D36AC
RGB	rgb(77, 54, 172)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 41.65, -59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 72.88, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.0466 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.178 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8239, 7.1940, 39.7873)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.41

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D36AC #95AC36

analogous

#365AAC #4D36AC #8836AC

triadic

#4D36AC #AC4D36 #36AC4D

tetradic

#4D36AC #AC365A #95AC36 #36AC88

square

#4D36AC #AC365A #95AC36 #36AC88

split-complementary

#4D36AC #AC8836 #5AAC36

monochromatic

#23194F #38277D #4D36AC #6C55CA #9484D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#4D36AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4D36AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D36AC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D36AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D36AC	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d36ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 54, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.178 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fc6',
    500: '#4d36ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d36ac;
$custom-light: #886fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d36ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.695,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43387,
    "c": 0.17814,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D36AC

secondary

#B4C27C

accent

#DC4CC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D36AC

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

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