#4A36CB#4A36CB

#4A36CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.216 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A36CB
RGB	rgb(74, 54, 203)
HSL	hsl(248, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(248, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 73.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.81, 50.70, -73.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.81, 89.61, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(46.01% 0.0365 -0.2132)
OKLCH	oklch(46.01% 0.216 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9193, 8.4048, 57.3244)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.58

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A36CB #B7CB36

analogous

#366CCB #4A36CB #9536CB

triadic

#4A36CB #CB4A36 #36CB4A

tetradic

#4A36CB #CB366C #B7CB36 #36CB95

square

#4A36CB #CB366C #B7CB36 #36CB95

split-complementary

#4A36CB #CB9536 #6CCB36

monochromatic

#261C6B #38289C #4A36CB #7667D8 #A297E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#4A36CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4A36CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A36CB

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A36CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A36CB	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a36cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 54, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.216 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70dc',
    500: '#4a36cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a36cb;
$custom-light: #8c70dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a36cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.054,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46014,
    "c": 0.21635,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A36CB

secondary

#C7D08D

accent

#E246CD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A36CB

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

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