#4E36CB#4E36CB

#4E36CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.216 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36CB
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 203)
HSL	hsl(250, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.14, 51.19, -73.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.14, 89.43, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(46.33% 0.042 -0.2115)
OKLCH	oklch(46.33% 0.216 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2372, 8.5687, 57.3393)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.15

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36CB #B3CB36

analogous

#3669CB #4E36CB #9836CB

triadic

#4E36CB #CB4E36 #36CB4E

tetradic

#4E36CB #CB3669 #B3CB36 #36CB98

square

#4E36CB #CB3669 #B3CB36 #36CB98

split-complementary

#4E36CB #CB9836 #69CB36

monochromatic

#281C6B #3B289C #4E36CB #7967D8 #A497E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#4E36CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E36CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36CB

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36CB	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.216 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e70dc',
    500: '#4e36cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36cb;
$custom-light: #8e70dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.664,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46329,
    "c": 0.21566,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36CB

secondary

#C5D08D

accent

#E246C9

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36CB

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

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