#4D36B2#4D36B2

#4D36B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.186 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D36B2
RGB	rgb(77, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.77, 43.48, -62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.77, 76.16, 304.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.0456 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.186 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4132, 7.4297, 42.8908)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.17

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D36B2 #9BB236

analogous

#365DB2 #4D36B2 #8B36B2

triadic

#4D36B2 #B24D36 #36B24D

tetradic

#4D36B2 #B2365D #9BB236 #36B28B

square

#4D36B2 #B2365D #9BB236 #36B28B

split-complementary

#4D36B2 #B28B36 #5DB236

monochromatic

#241A54 #392883 #4D36B2 #6E59CD #9788DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#4D36B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4D36B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D36B2

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D36B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D36B2	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B5770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d36b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.186 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fca',
    500: '#4d36b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d36b2;
$custom-light: #896fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d36b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.129,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43922,
    "c": 0.18561,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D36B2

secondary

#B8C57F

accent

#DD4BC2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D36B2

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

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