#4A37C4#4A37C4

#4A37C4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.207 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A37C4
RGB	rgb(74, 55, 196)
HSL	hsl(248, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(248, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 48.02, -70.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 85.37, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% 0.0373 -0.2036)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.207 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1509, 8.1727, 53.0456)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A37C4 #B1C437

analogous

#376BC4 #4A37C4 #9137C4

triadic

#4A37C4 #C44A37 #37C44A

tetradic

#4A37C4 #C4376B #B1C437 #37C491

square

#4A37C4 #C4376B #B1C437 #37C491

split-complementary

#4A37C4 #C49137 #6BC437

monochromatic

#261C64 #382A94 #4A37C4 #7465D4 #9F94E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#4A37C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4A37C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A37C4

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A37C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A37C4	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a37c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 55, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.207 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70d7',
    500: '#4a37c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a37c4;
$custom-light: #8b70d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a37c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.085,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45479,
    "c": 0.20697,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A37C4

secondary

#C3CC8B

accent

#DF48CB

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A37C4

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

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