#4F36B2#4F36B2

#4F36B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.185 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F36B2
RGB	rgb(79, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(252, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 69.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 43.80, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 76.09, 305.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.0485 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.185 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5771, 7.5142, 42.8985)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.20

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F36B2 #99B236

analogous

#365BB2 #4F36B2 #8D36B2

triadic

#4F36B2 #B24F36 #36B24F

tetradic

#4F36B2 #B2365B #99B236 #36B28D

square

#4F36B2 #B2365B #99B236 #36B28D

split-complementary

#4F36B2 #B28D36 #5BB236

monochromatic

#251A54 #3A2883 #4F36B2 #7059CD #9888DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#4F36B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4F36B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F36B2

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F36B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F36B2	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#225670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f36b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.185 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fca',
    500: '#4f36b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f36b2;
$custom-light: #8a6fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f36b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.097,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44098,
    "c": 0.1854,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F36B2

secondary

#B7C57F

accent

#DD4BBF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F36B2

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

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