#4B36C9#4B36C9

#4B36C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.214 H 280.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B36C9
RGB	rgb(75, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(249, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.70, 50.21, -72.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.70, 88.52, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.9% 0.0383 -0.2103)
OKLCH	oklch(45.9% 0.214 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7601, 8.3501, 56.0809)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.56

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B36C9 #B4C936

analogous

#366BC9 #4B36C9 #9436C9

triadic

#4B36C9 #C94B36 #36C94B

tetradic

#4B36C9 #C9366B #B4C936 #36C994

square

#4B36C9 #C9366B #B4C936 #36C994

split-complementary

#4B36C9 #C99436 #6BC936

monochromatic

#271C69 #392999 #4B36C9 #7666D6 #A196E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#4B36C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4B36C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B36C9

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B36C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B36C9	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b36c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.214 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70db',
    500: '#4b36c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b36c9;
$custom-light: #8c70db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b36c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45899,
    "c": 0.21379,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B36C9

secondary

#C5CE8C

accent

#E147CB

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B36C9

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

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