#4C36C8#4C36C8

#4C36C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.212 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C36C8
RGB	rgb(76, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(249, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(249, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, 50.03, -72.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 87.95, 304.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.88% 0.0399 -0.2086)
OKLCH	oklch(45.88% 0.212 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7217, 8.3439, 55.4671)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.52

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C36C8 #B2C836

analogous

#3669C8 #4C36C8 #9536C8

triadic

#4C36C8 #C84C36 #36C84C

tetradic

#4C36C8 #C83669 #B2C836 #36C895

square

#4C36C8 #C83669 #B2C836 #36C895

split-complementary

#4C36C8 #C89536 #69C836

monochromatic

#271C68 #3A2998 #4C36C8 #7666D6 #A196E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#4C36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4C36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C36C8

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C36C8	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.212 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70da',
    500: '#4c36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c36c8;
$custom-light: #8d70da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.041,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45882,
    "c": 0.21243,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C36C8

secondary

#C4CE8C

accent

#E147CA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C36C8

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

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