#4836C9#4836C9

#4836C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.214 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4836C9
RGB	rgb(72, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(247, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(247, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, 49.85, -73.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 88.65, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% 0.0343 -0.2116)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.214 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5309, 8.2319, 56.0702)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.88

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4836C9 #B7C936

analogous

#366DC9 #4836C9 #9236C9

triadic

#4836C9 #C94836 #36C948

tetradic

#4836C9 #C9366D #B7C936 #36C992

square

#4836C9 #C9366D #B7C936 #36C992

split-complementary

#4836C9 #C99236 #6DC936

monochromatic

#251C69 #372999 #4836C9 #7466D6 #A096E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#4836C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#4836C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4836C9

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4836C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4836C9	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4836c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.214 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70db',
    500: '#4836c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4836c9;
$custom-light: #8b70db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4836c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.347,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45668,
    "c": 0.21436,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4836C9

secondary

#C6CE8C

accent

#E147CE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4836C9

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

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