#4B36C8#4B36C8

#4B36C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.213 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B36C8
RGB	rgb(75, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(249, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.61, 49.91, -72.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.61, 88.00, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% 0.0386 -0.2091)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.213 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6428, 8.3032, 55.4634)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.62

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B36C8 #B3C836

analogous

#366AC8 #4B36C8 #9436C8

triadic

#4B36C8 #C84B36 #36C84B

tetradic

#4B36C8 #C8366A #B3C836 #36C894

square

#4B36C8 #C8366A #B3C836 #36C894

split-complementary

#4B36C8 #C89436 #6AC836

monochromatic

#271C68 #392998 #4B36C8 #7666D6 #A196E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#4B36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4B36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B36C8

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B36C8	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.213 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70da',
    500: '#4b36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b36c8;
$custom-light: #8c70da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.63,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45803,
    "c": 0.21261,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B36C8

secondary

#C4CE8C

accent

#E147CB

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B36C8

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

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