#4B36CD#4B36CD

#4B36CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.219 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B36CD
RGB	rgb(75, 54, 205)
HSL	hsl(248, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(248, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 73.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.08, 51.42, -74.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.08, 90.60, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(46.29% 0.0375 -0.2153)
OKLCH	oklch(46.29% 0.219 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2368, 8.5408, 58.5914)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.42

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B36CD #B8CD36

analogous

#366DCD #4B36CD #9636CD

triadic

#4B36CD #CD4B36 #36CD4B

tetradic

#4B36CD #CD366D #B8CD36 #36CD96

square

#4B36CD #CD366D #B8CD36 #36CD96

split-complementary

#4B36CD #CD9636 #6DCD36

monochromatic

#271B6D #38279E #4B36CD #7767D9 #A398E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#4B36CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4B36CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B36CD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B36CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B36CD	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b36cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 54, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.219 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70de',
    500: '#4b36cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b36cd;
$custom-light: #8d70de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b36cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.344,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46285,
    "c": 0.21852,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B36CD

secondary

#C8D18E

accent

#E344CD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B36CD

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

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