#4836CB#4836CB

#4836CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.217 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4836CB
RGB	rgb(72, 54, 203)
HSL	hsl(247, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(247, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 73.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.65, 50.46, -74.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.65, 89.69, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% 0.0338 -0.2141)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.217 279)
XYZ	xyz(14.7677, 8.3267, 57.3173)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.80

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4836CB #B9CB36

analogous

#366FCB #4836CB #9236CB

triadic

#4836CB #CB4836 #36CB48

tetradic

#4836CB #CB366F #B9CB36 #36CB92

square

#4836CB #CB366F #B9CB36 #36CB92

split-complementary

#4836CB #CB9236 #6FCB36

monochromatic

#251C6B #36289C #4836CB #7467D8 #A197E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#4836CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4836CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4836CB

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4836CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4836CB	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4836cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 54, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.217 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70dc',
    500: '#4836cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4836cb;
$custom-light: #8b70dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4836cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.248,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45863,
    "c": 0.21673,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.08328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4836CB

secondary

#C8D08D

accent

#E246CF

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4836CB

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

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