#4D36B9#4D36B9

#4D36B9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.194 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D36B9
RGB	rgb(77, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 45.62, -65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 79.95, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% 0.0444 -0.1891)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.194 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.1340, 7.7180, 46.6872)
Luminance	0.0772 (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

#4D36B9 #A2B936

analogous

#3661B9 #4D36B9 #8F36B9

triadic

#4D36B9 #B94D36 #36B94D

tetradic

#4D36B9 #B93661 #A2B936 #36B98F

square

#4D36B9 #B93661 #A2B936 #36B98F

split-complementary

#4D36B9 #B98F36 #61B936

monochromatic

#261A5A #39288A #4D36B9 #715DD0 #9A8CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#4D36B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4D36B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D36B9

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D36B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D36B9	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C5974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d36b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.194 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fcf',
    500: '#4d36b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d36b9;
$custom-light: #8b6fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d36b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.534,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44558,
    "c": 0.19423,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D36B9

secondary

#BCC883

accent

#DE4AC4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D36B9

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

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