#4E36CF#4E36CF

#4E36CF is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.220 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E36CF
RGB	rgb(78, 54, 207)
HSL	hsl(249, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 73.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.52, 52.38, -75.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.52, 91.51, 304.92°)
OKLab	oklab(46.71% 0.0411 -0.2165)
OKLCH	oklch(46.71% 0.22 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7200, 8.7618, 59.8822)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.11

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E36CF #B7CF36

analogous

#366ACF #4E36CF #9A36CF

triadic

#4E36CF #CF4E36 #36CF4E

tetradic

#4E36CF #CF366A #B7CF36 #36CF9A

square

#4E36CF #CF366A #B7CF36 #36CF9A

split-complementary

#4E36CF #CF9A36 #6ACF36

monochromatic

#281B70 #3A27A1 #4E36CF #7A67DB #A599E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#4E36CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4E36CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E36CF

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E36CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E36CF	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e36cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 54, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.220 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70df',
    500: '#4e36cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e36cf;
$custom-light: #8f70df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e36cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.412,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46713,
    "c": 0.22034,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E36CF

secondary

#C8D28F

accent

#E543CB

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E36CF

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

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