#4E36C8#4E36C8

#4E36C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.212 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36C8
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, 50.29, -72.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 87.87, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% 0.0427 -0.2078)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.212 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8831, 8.4271, 55.4747)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.32

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36C8 #B0C836

analogous

#3667C8 #4E36C8 #9736C8

triadic

#4E36C8 #C84E36 #36C84E

tetradic

#4E36C8 #C83667 #B0C836 #36C897

square

#4E36C8 #C83667 #B0C836 #36C897

split-complementary

#4E36C8 #C89736 #67C836

monochromatic

#281C68 #3B2998 #4E36C8 #7866D6 #A296E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#4E36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36C8

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36C8	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.212 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e70da',
    500: '#4e36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36c8;
$custom-light: #8e70da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.863,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46043,
    "c": 0.21211,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36C8

secondary

#C3CE8C

accent

#E147C7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36C8

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

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