#4B36C5#4B36C5

#4B36C5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.209 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B36C5
RGB	rgb(75, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(249, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.32, 49.00, -71.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.32, 86.42, 304.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.52% 0.0392 -0.2053)
OKLCH	oklch(45.52% 0.209 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2957, 8.1643, 53.6350)
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

#4B36C5 #B0C536

analogous

#3669C5 #4B36C5 #9336C5

triadic

#4B36C5 #C54B36 #36C54B

tetradic

#4B36C5 #C53669 #B0C536 #36C593

square

#4B36C5 #C53669 #B0C536 #36C593

split-complementary

#4B36C5 #C59336 #69C536

monochromatic

#261C65 #392995 #4B36C5 #7464D4 #9F94E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#4B36C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4B36C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B36C5

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B36C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B36C5	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b36c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.209 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70d8',
    500: '#4b36c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b36c5;
$custom-light: #8c70d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b36c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.811,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45516,
    "c": 0.20903,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B36C5

secondary

#C3CD8A

accent

#E048CA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B36C5

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

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