#4D36B8#4D36B8

#4D36B8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.193 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D36B8
RGB	rgb(77, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 45.31, -65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 79.41, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.0445 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.193 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0288, 7.6760, 46.1332)
Luminance	0.0768 (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

#4D36B8 #A1B836

analogous

#3660B8 #4D36B8 #8E36B8

triadic

#4D36B8 #B84D36 #36B84D

tetradic

#4D36B8 #B83660 #A1B836 #36B88E

square

#4D36B8 #B83660 #A1B836 #36B88E

split-complementary

#4D36B8 #B88E36 #60B836

monochromatic

#251A59 #392889 #4D36B8 #705CCF #9A8BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#4D36B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4D36B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D36B8

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D36B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D36B8	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F5973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d36b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.193 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fce',
    500: '#4d36b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d36b8;
$custom-light: #8a6fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d36b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.615,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44466,
    "c": 0.19301,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D36B8

secondary

#BBC782

accent

#DE4AC4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D36B8

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

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