#4E36C7#4E36C7

#4E36C7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.211 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36C7
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 199)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 72.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.76, 49.99, -71.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.76, 87.34, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% 0.0429 -0.2065)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.211 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7666, 8.3805, 54.8612)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.39

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36C7 #AFC736

analogous

#3667C7 #4E36C7 #9736C7

triadic

#4E36C7 #C74E36 #36C74E

tetradic

#4E36C7 #C73667 #AFC736 #36C797

square

#4E36C7 #C73667 #AFC736 #36C797

split-complementary

#4E36C7 #C79736 #67C736

monochromatic

#281C67 #3B2997 #4E36C7 #7865D5 #A295E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#4E36C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4E36C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36C7

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36C7	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.211 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e70d9',
    500: '#4e36c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36c7;
$custom-light: #8e70d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.931,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45948,
    "c": 0.21093,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36C7

secondary

#C3CE8B

accent

#E147C7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36C7

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