#4E36CD#4E36CD

#4E36CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.218 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36CD
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 205)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(250, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 73.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.33, 51.78, -74.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.33, 90.47, 304.92°)
OKLab	oklab(46.52% 0.0416 -0.214)
OKLCH	oklch(46.52% 0.218 281)
XYZ	xyz(15.4770, 8.6647, 58.6026)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.10

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36CD #B5CD36

analogous

#366ACD #4E36CD #9936CD

triadic

#4E36CD #CD4E36 #36CD4E

tetradic

#4E36CD #CD366A #B5CD36 #36CD99

square

#4E36CD #CD366A #B5CD36 #36CD99

split-complementary

#4E36CD #CD9936 #6ACD36

monochromatic

#281B6D #3A279E #4E36CD #7967D9 #A498E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#4E36CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E36CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36CD

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36CD	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.218 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70de',
    500: '#4e36cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36cd;
$custom-light: #8f70de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.536,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4652,
    "c": 0.218,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.08666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36CD

secondary

#C6D18E

accent

#E344CA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36CD

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

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