#4B36BE#4B36BE

#4B36BE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.201 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B36BE
RGB	rgb(75, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(249, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, 46.86, -68.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 82.71, 304.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% 0.0406 -0.1965)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.201 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5122, 7.8509, 49.5086)
Luminance	0.0785 (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

#4B36BE #A9BE36

analogous

#3665BE #4B36BE #8F36BE

triadic

#4B36BE #BE4B36 #36BE4B

tetradic

#4B36BE #BE3665 #A9BE36 #36BE8F

square

#4B36BE #BE3665 #A9BE36 #36BE8F

split-complementary

#4B36BE #BE8F36 #65BE36

monochromatic

#251B5F #38288E #4B36BE #7160D2 #9C8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#4B36BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4B36BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B36BE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B36BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B36BE	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b36be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.201 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fd3',
    500: '#4b36be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b36be;
$custom-light: #8a6fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b36be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.265,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44854,
    "c": 0.20061,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B36BE

secondary

#BFCA86

accent

#DF49C8

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B36BE

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

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