#4E36C9#4E36C9

#4E36C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.213 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36C9
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(250, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, 50.59, -72.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 88.39, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(46.14% 0.0425 -0.209)
OKLCH	oklch(46.14% 0.213 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0004, 8.4740, 56.0922)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.25

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36C9 #B1C936

analogous

#3667C9 #4E36C9 #9836C9

triadic

#4E36C9 #C94E36 #36C94E

tetradic

#4E36C9 #C93667 #B1C936 #36C998

square

#4E36C9 #C93667 #B1C936 #36C998

split-complementary

#4E36C9 #C99836 #67C936

monochromatic

#291C69 #3B2999 #4E36C9 #7866D6 #A396E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#4E36C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E36C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36C9

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36C9	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.213 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e70db',
    500: '#4e36c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36c9;
$custom-light: #8e70db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.796,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46138,
    "c": 0.21329,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36C9

secondary

#C4CE8C

accent

#E147C8

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36C9

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